Miuru Jayaweera Ryt500 PhD

02/10/2026

Pranayama is a human practice; not restricted by religion, gender, culture, or social background. 🌿

But remember: not every pranayama is suitable for everyone. Learn why you are practising, understand your body, and practise under the guidance of an experienced, certified yoga teacher.

Join Myrus Yoga Beginner Course or our beginner classes at Myrus Colombo Centre, Colombo 5, with senior yoga teacher trainer Miuru Jayaweera, PhD | E-RYT 500, Yoga Alliance USA.

Your breath is personal. Your practice should be too. 🧘‍♀️

27/09/2026

🧠 Yoga has the tools to transform the way we relate to our thoughts.

Through breathwork, meditation, mindful awareness, and when appropriate asana practice, yoga gives us practical tools to work with negative thought patterns rather than simply being controlled by them.

With consistent, long-term practice, yoga can contribute to neuroplastic changes the brain’s ability to adapt and form new patterns. Over time, this can help us develop healthier ways of thinking, responding and regulating our emotions. In that sense, sustained yogic practice can truly transform the person we become.

But there is an important distinction. 🌿

When symptoms of depression, anxiety, or another psychological condition are severe, yoga should not be viewed as an instant remedy or a replacement for professional medical care. Please consult a qualified doctor or mental-health professional, especially when symptoms are significant or persistent.

Modern medicine can be extremely important in reducing acute symptoms and stabilising the condition, while yoga can become a valuable complementary lifestyle practice for long-term wellbeing.

The goal is not to choose between medicine and yoga.
It is to use the right tool at the right time. 🤍

With patience and consistent practice, yogic techniques can help us gradually change deeply established patterns of thought, breath, attention and behaviour and create a healthier relationship with our own mind.

✨ Join Myrus Yoga classes, incorporating Medical Yoga and traditional yogic practices, conducted by Miuru Jayaweera (PhD| E-Ryt500), a senior and experienced Yoga Teacher Trainer affiliated with Yoga Alliance USA.

🌿 Heal the symptoms. Train the mind. Transform the patterns.

24/09/2026

20/09/2026

You cannot change a thought you don’t first notice. 🧠

The PDR (Personality Defect Removal) Method begins with understanding the mind systematically and consciously.

1️⃣ WATCH
Observe your thoughts without immediately reacting to them.

2️⃣ UNDERSTAND
Recognise recurring patterns, triggers, insecurities, fears and emotional reactions.

3️⃣ ANTICIPATE
Identify the situations that tend to trigger negative thinking and prepare yourself before the thought takes over.

4️⃣ TRANSFORM
Use appropriate yogic practices such as pranayama, meditation or Asana to work with the thought pattern and cultivate a calmer response.

Watch → Understand → Anticipate → Transform. 🧘‍♀️

This is what we explore when Yoga is learned beyond just the physical practice.

🌿 Myrus Beginner Yoga Certificate Course
📅 Starts Saturday, September 26th
⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Final days for the 2026 intake. Enrol ASAP.

13/09/2026

Something big is coming!
Are you ready to earn your place among the Elite?
ELITE NATION 2026
Train. Prepare. Compete. Earn your place.

13/09/2026

YOU ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS.

One of the first things I learned when I began meditation was that I didn't have to stop my thoughts.

I had to learn to watch them.

In the beginning, as a complete beginner, I couldn't always recognise a thought while it was happening. My mind would wander, and only afterwards I would realise:

“I was just thinking about that.”

And that was enough.

That small moment of recognition created a tiny space between me and the thought.

With practice, that space became clearer.

I began to notice the thought while it was happening, rather than becoming completely absorbed in it.

This is how I personally began to understand meditation — not by trying to force the mind to become empty, but by learning to become the observer of the mind.

Patañjali describes this beautifully in the Yoga Sūtras.

“Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ”
Yoga is the stilling of the movements of the mind.
— Yoga Sūtra 1.2

“Tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe'vasthānam”
Then the Seer abides in its own nature.
— Yoga Sūtra 1.3

And when we are not established in that awareness:

“Vṛtti-sārūpyam itaratra”
We become identified with the movements of the mind.
— Yoga Sūtra 1.4

Patañjali goes even deeper:

“Draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ…”
The Seer is pure witnessing consciousness, observing the contents of the mind.
— Yoga Sūtra 2.20

So when a thought arises, try something very simple.

Don't fight it.

Don't judge it.

Don't try to push it away.

Watch it.

And if you cannot catch it in the moment, notice it afterwards:

“I just had that thought.”

That moment of noticing is already a step away from identification.

You are beginning to discover the difference between having a thought and being the thought.

The thought is something you can observe.

And that which observes… is the beginning of the Seer.

This is not something I learned only from a book.

This is how I began.

And this is what I share with my students: meditation is not about becoming someone who never thinks.

It is about learning to sit quietly enough to recognise:

“A thought is happening… and I am aware of it.”

That small space can change everything.

10/09/2026

🚨 ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN! 🚨

Due to high demand, the Myrus Beginner Yoga Certification Course is finally back! 🧘‍♀️🔥

So many of you have been asking, “When is the next batch starting?”

Well… this is it! ❤️

Our next Myrus Beginner Yoga Certification Course begins on September 26th.

Over 6 months, you’ll learn:

🧘 Hatha, Vinyasa Yoga
🌙 Yin Yoga
☀️ 6 Surya Namaskar variations
💪 Anatomy & strength development
🤸 Standing balances & introductory inversions
🔥 Backbends & hip openers
🌬️ Pranayama
👁️ Bandhas & Drishti
🧠 Dharana, Pratyahara & Mindfulness
🕉️ Yoga philosophy & meditation

And for the first time, you'll be introduced to YoCa — Yoga Calisthenics Approach, founded by Miuru Jayaweera (PhD | E-Ryt500)

YoCa combines Yoga + Calisthenics + Bodyweight Strength + Resistance Band Training to build the strength, mobility and body control needed to progress into stronger yoga asanas. 💪🧘

✨ 6-month certification course
✨ 2 practice sessions every week
✨ Saturday studio practice: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
✨ Discounted Membership rates at Myrus Cali Gym

And this is just the beginning.

Your Myrus Yoga journey can continue from Beginner → Intermediate → Yoga Teacher Training → Internship & teaching opportunities at Myrus.

Enrollment is now open.

If you’ve been waiting… this is your sign. ❤️

⚠️ Limited places available for the September intake.

0766701072 Whatsapp Message us now to reserve your place before this batch fills up.