Hali Tsotetsi is a Yoga Teacher in Los Angeles, California. She is The Founder of BiologiqueLife
1. What style (s)of yoga do you teach? And, where are you located?
I teach Bikram yoga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. I am located in Los Angeles, California.
2. What is your intention behind teaching?
To help others heal from the inside out as I have (and still am) able to do so myself.
3. What have you realized about yourself as a yoga teacher?
That I can’t control everything and everyone. I used to be a people-pleaser and wanted to control others so that I didn’t have to accept that only my Ego wants to be like. There is no like in life. There is only love. Love is truth.
4.What does Satya mean to you as a practitioner and teacher?
Satya, to me, is the foundation for life: truth. Until we speak from a place of truth and are truthful with ourselves and others, we won’t grow.
5. Please mention a book that you have read about yoga that has had a positive impact on you?
I haven’t read a Yoga book in a long time. I love watching Podcasts about Yoga. But a recent book I read that I recommend is ‘Work your Light’ by Rebecca Campbell.
6. What has a student taught you about yoga?
I have the best students. When I think about their dedication, love for yoga and enthusiasm for life, I tear up with gratitude. I used to teach 6am classes for almost six years and recently stopped. The reason why I was able to get up so early was because of them. They made my day.
One of my male students who would take my class often heard me say it was my birthday when I was talking to another student and came in on my birthday with a gift card to store that has spiritual things that I am into. It left an imprint on my heart. I have had very generous students and met some of the best people teaching yoga but this meant a lot to me because a lot of people have forgotten my birthday in my life and it reminded me that I am doing what I love and surrounded by people who are just as grateful for me as I am for them.
7. How often do you practice Dharana and Asana?
I practice Dharana everyday and Asana 5-7 times a week.
8. How do you implement the other 7 limbs of yoga into your life other than Asana?
I live a life of awareness not perfection but one of truthfulness. So, I implement as many of the other limbs into my life without judgement and punishing myself but from a place of compassion and truth.
9. What does stillness mean to you?
Being one with God.
10. How can we keep up with you on social media? What is your IG handle and/ FB name?
My IG is @halitsotetsi.