Welcome to Episode #59 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Majid Al Mandhari, a yoga teacher from Oman, was so engaging as we took a deeper look into meditation and how to make it yours. As Majid says, meditation has the power to cure any diseases. I hope that this conversation made you curious about meditation and the gifts that it can give. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga in Oman then this is the conversation for you. Tell me more about Majid Al Mandhari Majid Al Mandhari has obtained the RYT 200 Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher certification and also a 200 hours Yoga Therapy certification. He teaches at a private health club owned by an oil company called Petroleum Development Oman. He also teaches yoga twice a week at the beach early morning at 6:00am. Majid has been practicing yoga on and off for the last 30 years. He teaches meditation, pranayama, and Vinyasa yoga mainly. He has been formally teaching after certification for the last 4 years, however he did begin teaching pre-certification for the last 10 years. What to expect in the Yoga In Oman episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Majid used to work for an international airline, located in Pakistan, and at the Sheraton hotel there was a yoga class offered in the hotel itself. Although that was his first yoga asana class, he had already been reading books about yoga and his curiosity was piqued. Once Majid came back to Oman, one day his accountant came to the office and asked him if he was interested in yoga and after Majid said yes, there was a yoga teacher who came to his colleagues’ house and asked him to join. Majid always felt mesmerized by yoga teachers, immensely curious about how yoga teachers crafted sequences, and about the depth of their knowledge. Something was sparked in him and he knew he wanted to teach yoga one day. It took years until the right yoga teacher training in Oman for him. Majid has a strong daily meditation practice, he sits in meditation before sunrise and chants the 99 names of God in Islam. Majid knows that meditation and yoga detoxifies the body, cleanses the body. Yoga has become a personal life for him— he enjoys the vitality, the challenges, the energy— it’s a part of him. We also talked about what Oman is like as a country, and what it’s like to live there! For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Oman episode? What is Majid’s personal practice and sadhana? With meditation you can cure yourself of any disease How to make meditation yours The cultural and social implications of practicing yoga in Oman What Oman is like as a country Connect with Majid Al Mandhari https://www.instagram.com/yogawith.majid/ Want more? Head on over to my website https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/ Questions? Comments? Let's get social! https://www.instagram.com/wildyogatribe/ https://www.tiktok.com/@wildyogatribe https://www.facebook.com/wildyogatribe https://twitter.com/wildyogatribe Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/wildyogatribe Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wildyogatribe/message