“I know Ms. Yan Ong for over 12 years and she has studied several Upanishads including Ishavasya, Kena, Katha, Aitareya, Prasna, Taittiriya , Mandukya, Mundaka and Brihadaranyaka. She studied Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras also under my guidance. I am extremely happy to state that she has much interest in Philosophy and Indian culture. Her intellectual ability and acumen are extraordinary. She comprehends the nuances of philosophical concepts very quickly. I am proud to have been her teacher.”

PROF. H.V. NAGARAJA RAO, VIDVAN. Sanskrit & Yoga Philosophy scholar.

"Over the years we’ve spent practicing together in India, I’ve always been truly inspired by Yan’s intelligence. She has spent years critically studying the yoga tradition and its philosophy. With her new blog, Yan shares much-needed insights into the yoga world as it is today, bringing valuable insight to all students of yoga.”

KINO MCGREGOR. Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher, Author,Founder of Omstars & Miami Life Center, @kinoyoga

“My dear friend Yan has always been one to steep herself in deep knowledge and philosophical story telling on the yoga path.  For years we have studied side by side with renowned Indian master’s and Yan’s capacity for absorbing and retaining has always been amazing. So it is with excitement that I hear Yan is about to set sail teaching, writing and storytelling.  I will be the first one to listen, read and learn from her. Can’t wait!”

TIM FELDMANN, Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher, Founder of Miami Life Center, 
@timfeldmannyoga

“I have known Yan for well over a decade, sharing many months of practice and study together in Mysore. What I observe in her actions is that she understands the grounded nature of the teaching practice, and the subtle nature of the yoga practice. Moreover, she demonstrates that both teaching and practice are long-term endeavors, which go on for a long time without a break, regardless of circumstances, before the yoga begins to mature. .… Yoga in the long run is a training of the mind and heart, one which Yan has undertaken with the intelligence and the discipline that are natural to her. She is a wonderful example of how the practice really works. I am grateful that she is teaching and helping others on this path.”

ANGELA JAMISON. Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher & founder Ashtanga Yoga Ann Arbor, Michigan, @angelazjamison

“I have known Yan Ong for more than 15 years now and I can say she without any hesitation that she is one of my favourite humans. Her intelligence, wit, honesty and dedication as a practitioner of yoga and contemplative arts has always made a deep impression on me. Yan also has an astounding ability to hold the teachings of yoga and sacred arts with utmost respect and honor while at the same time being straight forward, down to earth and not the least bit pretentious. So if you can”t tell from what said above then let me put it simply. As a student and practitioner you will without a doubt have your life enriched in many wonderful ways by spending time in her kind, wise and scintillating presence.”

TARIK THAMI, Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher & Founder
 Mysore Tokyo