By Robbie Pangilinan
For Peach Mascariñas, life is good, especially after she has found yoga.In fact, her only regret in life is not practicing it earlier.
Peach has been into yoga for seven years now, and has finished her teacher training from the Yoga District, Washington D.C.. She is also a Relationship Development Intervention ® Consultant-in-Training for families with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Before Yoga, Peach felt drained out from a lot of things, rooting from always giving to others and not minding her own needs. She observed that society shapes people to prioritize others, to give more to others because putting ourselves first is being selfish.
“Through yoga, I have come to realize that I can better take care of others if I take care of myself. You can’t pour from an empty cup. I redirected my negative emotions/energy to something productive - yoga classes. Physical strength, weight loss, toned body and flexibility are just side effects of practicing yoga. Yoga gave me my inner peace in this very chaotic world. It taught me the value of self-acceptance, self-love and happiness in solitude,” shares Peach.
Peach’s life has changed since she found yoga. She says she got to know herself better and has become more positive about life. Her relationships with others got better as well as she has learned to be more understanding of others. And that change that happens within, transcends externally. Friends and strangers come up to Peach and tell her how she has inspired them through her yoga practice or through her mere presence/energy.
Because of this, Peach took her teacher training to deepen her personal practice and so she could share yoga proactively with others by teaching. She opened TheraPeach, offering different yoga classes (Baby Yoga and Massage, Kids Yoga, Teens Yoga, Family Yoga, Dharma Yoga, Baptiste Power Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Chair Yoga, and Yoga Nidra), Therapeutic Yoga for Special Needs and Trauma, and RDI(r) consultancy.
“I’ve always loved babies and kids. I took my passion for yoga and kids a step further by getting certified as a Children’s Yoga Teacher with Divine Light Yoga in Thailand. Then, I decided to take advanced studies in therapeutic yoga for special needs and trauma. The world can be cruel. Therapeutic yoga provides that space to be accepted as they are and use yoga as a way to cope up with life’s struggles,” she says.
While Peach is happy now with her practice, she would like to share yoga with two underserved communities – those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and those who are in prison.
You, too, can be on your way to wellness through yoga. Contact Peach at +639989504280, email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., visit her website https://therapeach.com.ph and her Facebook pagehttps://web.facebook.com/TheraPeachYoga/.
