Portrait of a Yogini: Simone Bourgarel - Founder of the Pure Happiness Collection
@ Amaury Cibot - photographer
Here is my first yogini portrait. Each month, as I meet people, I will introduce you to yoginis and yogis who will tell you about their yoga practice and who I hope will give you some useful advice.
Simone Bourgarel - Founder of the Pure Happiness Collection
I have known Simone Bourgarel for years and the idea of making my first yogini portrait with her was obvious. Despite her thousands of projects on the go, and an overflowing creative energy, we feel in her a beautiful serenity, a listening ear and a true purity. Always attentive to the well-being of others. She gives you her advice as a friend, an expert and a yogista.
Simone Bourgarel is a real gem in its raw state that makes you want to know more and know her recipes for happiness. Above all, she is an expert in aromatic and medicinal plants who wrote a lovely book "La Pharmacopée naturelle" or Le bon usage des plantes naturelles, published by Alternatives, which explains how to do yourself good with plants. This clever little guide offers you a whole range of new uses in herbalism and aromatherapy in the fields of health, beauty, cooking and daily well-being. Grandma's recipes well adapted to today's life!
She has also developed a "Pure bonheur" collection which offers beneficial plant blends from organic farming, with herbal teas from the garden, scents of well-being and vegetable soaps that you can find on her website www.collectionpurbonheur.com
You can also discover all his activities on his blog lebonheurestdanslepre.net
@ Amaury Cibot - photographer
It was only natural that I asked him a few personal questions about his yoga practice, which I am sharing with you today.
How did you get into taking care of yourself?
At the dawn of my 30th birthday, I felt the desire to find an accessible method, and above all one adapted to each person's temperament, to acquire physical balance following back pain and an almost perfect mental state to better channel my energy!
Yoga turned out to be in perfect harmony with my expectations. I was initiated by Vera Montpensier around Hatha Yoga, a disciple of Eva Richpaul… A very beautiful encounter
What practice for your well-being?
Having acquired the basic knowledge, a few years later I wanted to express myself in a more natural movement in accordance with the breath.
It was a summit meeting, in Val d'Isère, with Charlotte Saint Jean who introduced me to Vinyasa Flow, which was then totally unknown in France.
Yoga Nidra and Yin Yang Yoga are also an integral part of my practice.
What is the ritual of your practice?
Every day, depending on my timing, it varies from 10 minutes for a restorative phase and at the end of the day. It can go up to 1 hour 25 minutes of practice per day.
What do you get out of it?
This allows me to live in harmony with my convictions and my life path.
What do you carry in your yoga bag?
My mat…It is important for me to practice on my personal mat to better connect with my energies. Recently seduced by the Jute Yoga Mat on tayronalife.com! An unrivaled feeling of natural materials and linen.
I also have an Anadeo meditation cushion that I take everywhere. Lightweight and simply beautiful.
@Amaury Cibot - photographer
Then, in terms of clothing; a simple outfit. Leggings and T-shirt with a message…and non-slip socks from Toes Socks . I have a whole collection of them in all colors. And especially a cotton sheet found in Bali 20 years ago which allows me to relax in a gentle heat at the end of the session.
What is your favorite object/accessory?
My Peace necklace is the expression of what I am looking for and the magnificent work of Paul Coelho “The Alchemist”.
What would be your advice for Tayrona Yoginis?
I think that the practice can initially be done without a goal. You must first assimilate the basics of asanas before moving on to progressive series. It is important to practice with a teacher because he will be able to guide you on the yoga that suits you best.
For me, the complete understanding of this ancestral practice was also built around numerous readings.
Where and how do you practice?
At home in my meditation space. According to the workshops offered today by very professional centers in Paris Rasa Yoga , Le Tigre Yoga Club , Yoga Searcher and in London at Triyoga , Life center and Jivamukti London. Or in private lessons with my friend and favorite teacher Charlotte Saint Jean for whom I take care of the communication around the Yoga Festival of Val d'Isère. And of course her website yogachezmoi.com
