Mysan Sidbo is the sportsperson’s yogi. A former professional snowboarder, qualified personal trainer, massage therapist and kayak instructor Mysan’s approach to health bridges the body-mind gap.
When did you discover yoga?
I started doing yoga about 12 years ago in the Alps in Europe were I lived at the time. I started yoga because I was a professional snowboarder and skier and had spent years putting my body through heavy training sessions, pressure, stresses and injuries.
I had also put my mind through a lot, being in a space where I needed to always be totally focused as well having adrenaline constantly pumping through my system. I needed a change, for my body and mind.
How did you go from being a professional snow boarder in Europe to teaching yoga in Australia?
I’m originally from Sweden and came to Australia when I was 28 to study. Since I had been a skibum for years and my body was totally broken, I needed to get an education and change things up! I did a bachelor of business and a master of commerce and after finishing my studies I worked very briefly for a recruitment firm but I quickly realised that was not for me. So I came back full time to fitness and kayaking and completed my Hatha Yoga Teacher Diploma. As soon as I started teaching yoga, I knew I had found my passion!
What do you love about yoga?
I come from a professional background of sport and remedial massage which, along with my many own sport injuries, has made me passionate about creating better bodies through yoga. I have a great curiosity about how the body works- the mechanics and anatomy. Linking it all - body, mind, heart and breath – through yoga has helped me, and my students, get happy and healthy.
Yoga helps me in my every day life, in stress full situations, when in need of peace, when in need of focus. And, as a very active sports person, it has helped me achieve better results, reach and last longer, and be at the top of my ability - so awesome!
What advice would you give a sports person starting yoga?
It would depend on that persons needs, but most sports people needs to create balance in their training. That’s what yoga has done that for me and many others through my Yoga for Sports trainings. When you add the yogic knowledge of the body, breath and mind to any sport, great success follows!
Mysan Sidbo at Adore Yoga:
Core Strength Yoga Workshop: Saturday 19 May, 12-3pm. BOOK
Yoga for Sports Workshop: Saturday 16 June, 12- 3pm. BOOK
Mysan is available for private yoga lessons, specializing in sports and rehabilitiation, Monday & Wednesday evenings, weekday mornings and Sundays. Appointments essential 1300 844 693.
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