Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Episode #89 – Create Your Own Life with Yoga – Yoga in Jordan with Farah Qudsi

Welcome to Episode #89 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Farah Qudsi, a yoga teacher from Jordan, was so beautiful as we looked, deeply, at yoga as a lifestyle and as a reminder that yoga is us creating our own lives. I hope that this conversation surprised you, delighted you, and inspired you to see how yoga can be a lifestyle for you. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Jordan, curiosity, and openness then this is the conversation for you.

Tell me more about Farah Qudsi

Farah Qudsi, a yoga teacher from Jordan is a trailblazer in yoga education as she established the first official yoga school in Jordan, Namaste Zone. With over 10 years of experience teaching yoga in Jordan, she has completed 7 specialized courses in yoga in India and taught over 150 yoga teachers. Farah teaches yoga, meditation, pranayama, Kriyas, therapeutic yoga, and office yoga. Her transformative teachings have had a profound impact in Jordan, fostering mind-body connections and empowering individuals on their yoga journey, whether as teachers or as students.

What to expect in the Yoga In Jordan episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast

A yoga teacher from Jordan, Farah Qudsi, shares her inspiring journey of how yoga entered her life and transformed her path. Driven by her curiosity, Farah embarked on a life-changing adventure to India, to learn yoga from its birthplace.

Farah’s journey to India shaped her understanding of yoga as a holistic lifestyle rather than just a means of making a living. She emphasizes the continuous learning and growth opportunities that India offers, as there is always something new to discover. Through her experiences and commitment to her path, Farah’s passion for yoga shines brightly.

Opening the first yoga studio in Jordan presented its own set of challenges. Farah faced hurdles in legal matters, government regulations, and marketing, as she sought to educate people about yoga’s holistic nature. Farah found that her community in Jordan embraced yoga with open arms. Despite initial concerns about yoga being misunderstood as a religion or a cult, she discovered a genuine curiosity and acceptance among people. 

This episode is a testament to the transformative power of yoga and the profound impact it can have on one’s life. Farah’s journey serves as an inspiration to listeners, reminding them to embrace new experiences, seek knowledge, and cultivate a deeper connection with themselves and the world around them.

Favorite Quote From Farah Qudsi

“So it’s not just you on the yoga mat, it’s also how do you interact with life around you? Because we create what we live in. It’s not like life doesn’t happen to us. We create life. So yoga is that yoga is us creating our own life.”

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Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Episode #89 – Yoga in Jordan with Farah Qudsi Transcription

[00:00:00] Farah Qudsi: Actually lots of religious people here in Jordan, they do love yoga and they do a yoga practice, whether it’s mantras, chanting, reading. So, I was actually shocked of people here accepting yoga and like the culture of yoga. I thought at the beginning they will refuse yoga cause they would think it’s a religion or it’s a kinda a cult. But they were very open to yoga.

[00:00:38] Lily Allen-Duenas: My conversation with Farah Qudsi, a yoga teacher from Jordan, was so beautiful as we looked deeply at yoga as a lifestyle. And as a reminder that yoga is us creating our own lives. I hope that this conversation surprised you, delighted you, and inspired you to see how yoga can be a lifestyle for yourself.

So if you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that’s all about yoga in Jordan and about curiosity and openness, then this is the conversation for you.

Intro

[00:01:20] Lily Allen-Duenas: Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast. I’m your host, Lily Allen-Duenas. Together we’ll talk about the world of yoga, and we’ll talk to people [00:01:30] from around the world. Before diving into the episode, I wanted to invite you to head on over to my Patreon account. I would love your support and I’m thrilled to have this beautiful community space,  where we can do yoga together, meditate together and you’ll get access to exclusive content. Get ready for some private Zoom Q&As, free printable art, meditation recordings and more. Follow the link in the show notes to get started, or head on over to any of my social media channels, or my website wildyogatribe.com to hang out, get to know each other better, and find out more about all the support and resources available to you.

Ready to dive in? Let’s get started.

Namaste, family and welcome back to the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast today. I’m so excited to welcome Farah Qudsi onto the show today. She’s a yoga teacher from Jordan, and she is a. Trailblazer in yoga education as she established the first yoga school in Jordan called Namaste Zone. So with over 10 years of experience teaching yoga in Jordan, she completed seven specialized courses in yoga in India and has taught over 150 yoga teachers.

Farah teaches yoga, meditation, pranayama, and therapeutic yoga and office yoga, and her transformational teachings really have this… really have had this profound impact in Jordan [00:03:00] and have fostered this mind and body connection and empowers individuals on their journey in yoga. So I am so excited to welcome Farah onto the show today. Thank you so much for being here. 

[00:03:13] Farah Qudsi: Hi Lily. Thank you for having me with you. 

How did yoga come into your life?

[00:03:16] Lily Allen-Duenas: So just to get started, I would love to hear about your journey and how yoga first came into your life and how you became a yoga teacher. 

[00:03:23] Farah Qudsi: Okay, so basically I started yoga 10, 11 years ago. I was a university student. I studied animation in the university and I was an athlete and I loved fitness.

So I was inspired by asanas, the yoga poses. That’s how I started yoga. So I started to read more about yoga and ah, they do a very nice poses. They’re very in control with their body, so I want to learn that. So I decided to go into India to learn like the yoga from the origin. So I went to Himalayas, so in India, and I took, in 2012, I took my first, uh, teacher training course.

And it was full of everything, not just asana. So I started yoga because of asana Yoga poses, but then I was fascinated by the breathing techniques, the meditation techniques, the philosophy of yoga. So I’m like, I need to study more about everything. So that’s how I started yoga and I dropped everything. I dropped [00:04:30] animation, I dropped my work.

I used to work as a school teacher after graduating and I’m like, I just need to share this with everyone here in Jordan. Oh, that’s amazing. I’ve also taken yoga trainings in India. I’ve gone to Rishikesh and done a few trainings there. 

[00:04:46] Lily Allen-Duenas: So I love India and I agree with you that going to the source, right, like. Going to the origins and learning more, not just about Asana, which of course is the gateway. That’s how most people do come to yoga, but learning more about all of the limbs of yoga is amazing. And so also, Farahh, I would love to hear a little bit more about your journey to the Indian Himalayas and your subsequent travels to India, and how they shaped your understanding of the practice of yoga.

Maybe you have a specific moment or a teaching that had a profound impact on you?

What was the impact of your travels to India to learn yoga?

[00:05:21] Farah Qudsi: India, every moment taught me something from the first minute I arrived India because I struggled to first time, uh, with a huge suitcase full of clothes and yoga outfits. And then my school was on the top of the mountain, so there was no way to carry this suitcase up to the mountain. It was hard. So this was my first lesson, just to be simple, minimal. It’s just about you being there. And then every moment really I learned something. The breathing, the arsenal, for example, the advanced arsenal, it’s not just [00:06:00] physical, sometimes it’s mental. When you learn how to breathe properly, how to be focused, you will be able to achieve the advanced asanas.

And then sometimes you’re overwhelmed physically and you need something more mentally and for your spirit. So you do breathing meditation. Sometimes you just need to read and to learn philosophy. So I’ve learned in India, India was overwhelming. I remember the first time I arrived there. I had lots of thoughts to go back to Jordan and just to do any training in anywhere, not India, just like any other place in the world, but not India, cause it was too much. But then I told myself, “Okay Farah if you go back to your country now, or if you just drop this training in India, then you will never go back to India.” Because everything for people who went to India, they’ll know this. Everything there is overwhelming. Like nature is overwhelming people.

They’re too friendly, too much, even animals and dogs in the streets, they’re like overwhelming. It’s in a… in a good way, but I’m not used to this. I’m a city girl, so I live city. I drive my car to work, so there it. So I decided to stay there and then every year I go to India, like twice every year. I stopped in COVID, but then it become my crush.

I need to go to India and to learn. So I went to a few times and always into different school to learn more. Cause there’s [00:07:30] always something to learn. So it’s become a lifestyle for me, just not just something I do as for a living, but to study as well. 

[00:07:40] Lily Allen-Duenas: Yeah, that’s very obvious and very clear, especially after doing two trips to India year, as you described, it is so overwhelming and intense, and then you’re like, Nope, this is my path.This is what I’m committed to. 

How have you nurtured the next generation of yoga teachers in Jordan?

[00:07:53] Lily Allen-Duenas: And so speaking of these yoga teacher trainings, I know that you’ve taught and you’ve certified over 150 yoga teachers, which is such an impressive accomplishment. I would love to have you elaborate on your approach to teaching and kind of how you’ve nurtured this next generation of yoga teachers in Jordan. Are there any qualities that you emphasize in your trainees? 

[00:08:17] Farah Qudsi: Okay, so when I went back to Jordan, I started to teach yoga classes and people got very excited about it. And they’re like, you need to share more yoga. And I wasn’t able to reach everybody in Jordan. I had several teacher training courses in India and I applied for documentations and the school accredited.

So I’m teach first teacher training course. I just teach a multistyle teacher training course, so I give them a little bit about everything, about different style. So I tell them a little bit about Ashtanga, bit about, and then yoga nidra.[00:09:00] 

So I give a general idea about what is yoga in this teacher training course. And I always tell them this is just the beginning of your journey to if you want to become a yoga teacher or if you’re just taking this training for you. So I focus, I emphasize on my teacher training courses, for people to find themselves and to find their path in yoga, because lots of people in Jordan here, they’re just stuck. I feel that they’re stuck in their work, in their, anything in life, like relationships maybe, and they can’t take decisions. 

[00:09:35] Lily Allen-Duenas: So Farah, I’ve loved hearing all about how you lead these beautiful yoga teacher trainings in Jordan and how you offer so many different little snapshots, or vignettes, or views on these different styles of yoga because it is such an important gift to teach people and show people that it’s not just yin yoga or Vinyasa or Ashtanga. There are so many types. But something that I, I would love to ask you about, and I’m curious also is what was it like to open the first yoga studio in Jordan? 

What was it like to open the first yoga school in Jordan? Was yoga in Jordan accepted?

[00:10:07] Farah Qudsi: Okay, so there’s a very interesting story behind this because when I wanted to open my yoga studio, I didn’t know what to expect.

So I remember I was in Rishikesh in 2015 and I decided to open my yoga studio. But first I wanted to have a test of people here in Jordan what do they think of [00:10:30] yoga. So I hosted yoga event, I gymnastic in a school and I just did a random invitation for everyone to come and try a free yoga class. So I had a variety of people.

Some were very athletic. They came and they were expecting to have, uh, a handstand and arm balances workshops and other people they came with jeans and dresses on. They just put, were going to sit, meditate, and to just do some breathing and meditation. So I’m like, okay, we have this gap between people who think yoga is just breathing and others they think yoga is gymnastics.

So I opened the studio to have both mentalities in. So at the beginning, because when I opened yoga classes, I wanted to have breathing meditation, yoga classes, and I wanted to have like, So it was challenging in the first year to let people try because the athletic people, they didn’t meditate and to breathe, and vice versa; the people who are more into meditation, they didn’t really want to do any asanas. The people that they are more interested in meditation, they become more interested into asanas and people who are more interested into asana us become more interested into meditation. So after one year, so I had to mix [00:12:00] both people together, both styles, and it was really fun because it’s something new for people here in Jordan.

And it was challenging to let them do both asana and breathing in just one hour to make sure that they’re not bored, to let them want more. So this was my per uh, my main focus to make them want more after trying one class to let them more interested in yoga. So it was hard, but then it was very nice after one year.

[00:12:34] Lily Allen-Duenas: Oh, that’s amazing. And that’s such a great thing to do in your first class and say, “Hey, everyone’s invited. Come as you are. Test the water.” See how your community responds. I love that. And so you did open Namaste Zone. I would also love to hear from you about the challenges that came up regarding opening that first yoga school in Jordan.

What other challenges came up regarding yoga in Jordan?

[00:12:56] Farah Qudsi: So [00:12:57] there is, there was a lot of challenging until now, so legal government challenging to start with because it’s not a gym, it’s not… meditation, very therapeutic…. And we have this issue because here, they don’t know what is yoga. 

And um, then reaching to different people, like how to market it. What is yoga? Is it something for your body, something for your mind? Who needs yoga? So marketing yoga also was a bit [00:13:30] challenging. Governmental registrations. And also like finding the good location where… because I live in the middle of the city, so I want the studio to be close to lots of people, but then away from the traffic with a nice, relaxing place. So those were the main challenges. 

[00:13:51] Lily Allen-Duenas: Oh, Farah. Yeah. Hearing about these challenges really is interesting, just knowing that. It is about where you build a studio. Is it too close? Is it too far? What do you register it as? Like all those legal, you know, regularization of certain business models type of things.

But were there any challenges in terms of your culture or your community? Were there any challenges where people were maybe not accepting yoga or felt threatened by yoga? Or has it just been this like beautiful acceptance and curiosity where people are kind of celebrating something new happening in Jordan?

How was yoga in Jordan received by your culture and community?

[00:14:27] Farah Qudsi: So I was actually shocked of people here accepting yoga and like the culture of yoga. I thought at the beginning they will refuse yoga cause they would think it’s a religion or it’s a kinda a cult. But they were very open to yoga actually. Lots of religious people here in Jordan, they do love yoga and they do a yoga practice, whether it’s uh, mantras, chanting, breathing.

So I was shocked with this. It was not a challenge at all, but I always make sure, even until now when I [00:15:00] teach yoga, especially in the teacher training courses, when we do chanting mantras, breathing meditation, careers, also, I always make sure to make it clear that it’s not a religion. We’re not saying anything related to a culture, or it’s just a philosophy. I always like highlight that yoga is a philosophy and you take whatever you want from it. 

So, it’s a huge philosophic method with lots of practices and you just take whatever you want from it. So I make this clear every class and people were really open. They were really just like really open and interested to learn more about it, even philosophy. 

[00:15:42] Lily Allen-Duenas: Oh, great, great. Yes, I love that. And when people are just open and curious, and I love that viewpoint as well, that yoga is not a competition to any religion, but it can be a compliment. Instead, I’ve heard so many yoga teachers from around the world say that their community looks at yoga like it could be Hinduism, and then on the far side, like it’s something from the devil. I know you mentioned the cult. Yeah. And so it can feel really threatening. 

So I think it’s amazing that people in Jordan accepted yoga wanted to learn more, so they’re curious about it. Farah, one question I do love to ask every yoga teacher.

I think this is the moment to ask you as well: what is your personal definition of yoga? I know that we have the sutures. I know that we have these ancient texts to draw on some of the definitions, [00:16:30] but I’d love to hear your thoughts and your own words. 

What is your personal definition of yoga?

[00:16:34] Farah Qudsi: Yoga is a lifestyle, and yoga is your character, who you are. So you can practice yoga everywhere when you’re driving, when you are having breakfast, when you wake up, when you brush your teeth, when you go to bed, it’s your attitude towards life. So it’s not just you on the yoga mat, it’s also how do you interact with life around you. Because we create what we live in. Because life doesn’t happen to us; we create life. So yoga is that; yoga is us creating our own life. 

It’s just a reminder for us to control our thoughts, to be present, to try to limit any negativity, like being angry or having problems with people around us or work. It’s just creating what we want in life. So it’s a lifestyle for me. It’s who you are.

[00:17:33] Lily Allen-Duenas: Mm. That was gorgeous. I love that yoga is us creating our own life. That’s very powerful. I would also love to hear about your yoga practice, your self practice, your daily sadina, our dinacharya. I would love to hear more about what yoga and your daily yoga practice looks like. 

What does your daily yoga practice look like?

[00:17:51] Farah Qudsi: So few years ago, my yoga practice was focused mostly on Asana and pranayamas, so I just put the [00:18:00] yoga mat, do yoga, asana, some maybe 10 minutes of meditation, and then that’s it.

And then I tried during the day to just remind myself with the Yoga Sutras to be present. But now maybe a year ago, and my practice is mostly careers and pranayamas and meditation. So I start my day with 30 to 40 minutes meditation. I try. Lately I’ve lost this. It’s like I do it maybe three times a day a week. But before that, especially in COVID, I had another fixed practice.

It’s 30 to 40 minutes meditation in the morning. And then some *unintelligible* after that, or simple yoga as just to release any stress in the body. And then at night it’s also meditation deflection. And I don’t do any asanas much because when I teach, I already practice asana with them. So my practice now mostly is more about philosophy, reading careers, and meditation. Asanas it’s only when I teach classes.

[00:19:13] Lily Allen-Duenas: Oh, I love hearing that. And I also really appreciate whenever a teacher mentions that their practice has changed because it’s the same with me. I was practicing the Ashtanga primary series like every morning for a year, whether I was teaching or not, and I actually [00:19:30] haven’t practiced that primary series now in like two years or three years. And things change and that’s okay. And it’s beautiful and it’s part of yoga to allow things to change and also to listen to what your body, your energy, your mind, your emotions, what you need. 

And it might not be Ashtanga every single day for your entire life, and it might not be in yoga every day for your entire life, and that’s okay. That’s absolutely okay. I think it’s just allowing that flexibility that’s so vital. And as you mentioned too, Farah, that you practice Asana with your students while you’re teaching. I’d love to hear more about that because I know there’s this debate like, should you teach by giving verbal cues and adjustments or should you teach by demonstrating with your body, by practicing alongside your students and giving adjustments?

So I’d love to hear your thoughts on that, about why you practice Asana while you’re teaching. 

Practicing yoga while you are teaching versus giving verbal cues only

[00:20:26] Farah Qudsi: I don’t practice the whole time, but the majority of time, like 80% of the class are 70%. I’m there practicing with them. It’s one energy and you, the teacher, so you creating this energy, the source of this energy. So if I’m just standing there and telling them what they need to put more effort to like, to go into the poses or to get into the, the mood, the zone, and to be really engaged in the practice. But if they’ll be inspired by you as a teacher, they’ll [00:21:00] see you doing it. They’ll be more engaged. So I’m more, I like this style of teaching, like to be there with your student, to practice with them and of course to get outta hum and to adjust them safety. 

So to make sure everyone is doing everything safe and then go back to the mat… and so it’s about getting into practicing with them, getting out the adjusting them, and you, the teacher, you are the source of the energy and you need to be there to create the energy, to give them the energy to practice.

[00:21:33] Lily Allen-Duenas: That was so well said, like really well said. Cuz I’m also the type of teacher who I like to practice, again, similar to you about 80% of the time with my students because when I can feel the asana in my body as I’m teaching it, my cues and you know, just my verbal cues that I’m passing on to my students, I just feel so much more vibrant. 

It is like what I’m feeling inside my body. I can translate that and of course we all have different bodies, different biologies, different biographies, but just being able to feel that asana in my body and that I can translate that to my students, I think so much more beautifully when I’m actually doing the asana as well.

And so I would also love to hear Farah about your future aspirations and your goals within the field of yoga education. Are there any specific projects or initiatives that you’re currently working on or are planning to undertake in the near future? 

Specific projects or initiatives for yoga in Jordan

[00:22:30] Farah Qudsi: So my main focus, or my main goal in Jordan here, it’s the same as when I started the school to reach as much people as possible here in Jordan. So we taught refugees as well, and we taught people in prison with personal stress. So, I like to reach more communities that they… who really need yoga. So, now we’re thinking to teach, like, women to, and the villages to spread yoga to their mothers, or to just like women and girls around… To go to universities and to make it like to have it in the education system in universities and schools their day or their morning at school with mindfulness reflection. Each class, maybe they can do some breathing or reflection, mindfulness sessions. 

So there’s no specific plan. It’s just like wherever there’s a door for spreading yoga and making yoga reach more people. This is my focus to go there. I like that a lot and teaching yoga in prisons. 

[00:23:39] Lily Allen-Duenas: Wow. That must have been such an intense experience. Could you tell us a little bit more about that? 

What was teaching yoga in prisions like?

[00:23:46] Farah Qudsi: It was interesting. It was intense, but weirdly, they were very engaged and they were like very present in the practice. Refugees and people in prison, they were very engaged. They took the practice [00:24:00] seriously. They were more excited and more interested about pranayamas and meditation than yoga asana, which is opposite of most people. So it was very nice. They were always excited for the class where they come. It’s like they don’t really know how to breathe or how to disconnect, so they just need this or they need someone to tell them how to disconnect, how to breathe, how to slow down.

Yeah, it was very nice. It was peaceful for me. I was always looking forward for this class because you can tell that people are really engaged in it. 

[00:24:38] Lily Allen-Duenas: Wow, that is so powerful that they were so engaged and curious about pranayama and meditation versus the asana. I do think that it’s really interesting and also hearing that you had such a positive experience is so beautiful.

And Farah, I would love to know, I know our listeners would probably love to know too, more about Jordan, more about your country. So could you tell us about Jordan in general, maybe a little geography, what Jordan’s known for, or some history, anything you’d like to share about Jordan? We’d love to hear it.

All about Jordan

[00:25:09] Farah Qudsi: So Jordan is a very interesting place. We have something called, for me, I’m more into nature, hiking and mountaineering, so I talk more geographically about Jordan. So Jordan, we have something called Jordan trail where you go from the north to the south of Jordan in 50 days, and you [00:25:30] can experience different things. You can go to the lowest point on Earth, which is Dead Sea.

And then you can go to Petra, which is one sight of the Seven Wonders. And then there is a lot of valleys, a lot of mountains. So from valley to a mountain. So geographically, Jordan is interesting because you can see a lot in a very short period or like a short distance. And the, my favorite place in Jordan is desert, we call it *unintelligible*. It’s a very nice desert. And the story behind it, they say it was an ocean, something like that.

So that’s why the mountains in the desert, they looked like under the sea or under the ocean. And then it’ll become into a desert. So it’s a very peaceful place to be there. We always have yoga retreats there where we go and meditate and breathe. It’s a very serene place where you’re just there. You can hear nothing.

You just see the mountains, the sunset, the desert. Also, the people in Jordan, they’re very friendly. You can always walk into the street and if you’re lost or if you need any help, people would love to help you. And there is a lot to do in Jordan into nature, hiking, food, also the culture. It’s rich culture, so it’s very nice place! I’m never bored here in Jordan.

[00:26:55] Lily Allen-Duenas: Wow. I love hearing all [00:27:00] about it. And just about the mountains, the trail, 50 days north to south. Gorgeous. Wow. Um, and Farah, my last question for you: What are the yoga teacher trainings and courses that you did in India? Where did you do them? I know that’s probably an email I would get from somebody who listened to this episod, like, “Wait, where did you do our trainings?” 

So would you mind telling us, uh, about which schools in India you attended and where you did your courses? 

Where did you do yoga trainings and courses in India?

[00:27:27] Farah Qudsi: Yeah, I’ve been into several schools. Some schools I’ve been to them more than once. More than once; I took more than one training. So in Dharamsala it was Trimukti school. In Rishikesh, it was AYM, Association of Yoga and Meditation. Sattva school, also in Rikikshesh. So basically these are the three main yoga schools and I’ve more than once into these schools. 

[00:27:58] Lily Allen-Duenas: Amazing. So Farah, I’m sure that some of our listeners today maybe wanna reach out to you or have a question for you. So I’m going to link your website in my show notes as well as on my website, wildyogatribe.com/yogainJordan, but would you like to share just here on the podcast itself, what is the best way that people can find you? 

Get in Touch with Farah

[00:28:17] Farah Qudsi: They can reach me through Instagram or they can reach me if they go to the website. There’s a Contact Us email. It’s [email protected].

[00:28:28] Lily Allen-Duenas: Wonderful. Well Farah, thank you so much for [00:28:30] being with me on the show today. I think we’ve had such a beautiful conversation and I really appreciate you taking the time to be with me. Thank you.

[00:28:36] Farah Qudsi: Thank you so much. I’m happy to ha to be with you in the podcast. Thank you.

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