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It has finally started…
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Wahey!! We are proud to announce that our website is now officially launched. We are having a introduction sale at 10% OFF for any purchase. Get one now at www.gopako.com as the quantity is pretty limited. That is because we want to make you special.
Happy Shopping and practicing.
Namaste, Melle
Draft, Cut, Sew…
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We got this beautiful batik from Bali, Indonesia and is carefully cut and sewn. We are only be able to make 2 pieces, size S and M. There are 2 more beautiful batik prints to come which will be available in size L. Do stay tuned for the new arrivals.
Have a lovely day.
Namaste, Melle.
Happiness…
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A backdated photo of me in Bali. I am not good at this Pigeon Pose and I know that I will never, never, never give up practicing. 🙂
Wishing you all the happiness in the world!
Peace and love, melle.
100% Handmade Iyengar Yoga Shorts.
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Drafting, cutting and sewing.
The idea of hand-making the yoga shorts came from my very first yoga instructor, Shammee. She introduced me the shorts she bought from India and asked to duplicate this shorts for a performance about 3 years back and one for her.
It was kinda weird wearing the yoga shorts for the first few times. And not long after, I felt in love with it especially when I start Iyengar yoga. The elastic cuff keeps the shorts close to the skin especially during inverted poses. The Diamond shaped gusset allows me to move freely during the practice. Loose fitting increases mobility and comfort.
Now, here I am working passionately with Gopako. More ideas and new things to come. I sincerely hope that Gopako will have all of your continuous support.
~ Namaste.
Melle
Big, Strong and Gentle…
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Website in progress…
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Gulp. So lost. Have spent more than 10 hours on the website and it’s not even 20% done. Unexpectedly tough but interesting. I am slowly catching up and all these are what worth doing! Hope that GOPAKO website can be launched officially by April. Fingers crossed. 🙂
Logging off for “savasana”. Wishing everyone a great day ahead.
Namaste.
Savasana – means corpse. In this asana the object is to imitate a corpse. Once life has departed, the body remains still and no movements are possible. By remaining motionless for some time and keeping the minds still while you are fully conscious, you learn to relax. This conscious relaxation invigorates and refreshes both body and mind. But it is much harder to keep the mind than the body still. Therefore, this apparently easy posture is one of the most difficult to master.
Benefits:
• Relaxes the entire body
• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress
• Reduces headache, fatigue and insomnia
• Develops BodyMind awarenss
Steps:
• Lie flat on the back with arms resting comfortably along the sides of the body, palms upward. Legs are extended and slightly turned outward; this translates down to the ankles and feet.
• Find your place of complete physical comfort by making slight adjustments. Could your hips feel “more free” if you separated your ankles and feet a tiny bit more? What is going on along your spine? Is support of a blanket needed anywhere? Are your head and spine in a straight line? Be secure in your foundation before proceeding.
• Close your eyes. Gently guide them to the place between your eyebrows, the Ajna or Sun Center. Relax the entire brow. Relax the jaw and let your chin drop down. Become aware of your natural breath and its rhythm.
• Focus upon your Sun Center and call forth a feeling of tranquility. Let this sense of stillness and calm stream down into your whole body. Feel how Earth supports the weight of your body in its entirety. Let Go.
• Remain here for 2 to 15 minutes
Mannequin…
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Emails sent. Requirements made. Nope… not the tailoring mannequin I wanted.
My supporters of all time, my parents went check out some shops with me. Excitedly found one with the price of RM360. For the safe side, we decided to check out more shops for price comparison. Hey, we found one with the same design, same model for RM260 !! It’s cheaper by RM100. That is a lot !! A lot, a lot, a lot. And guess what, no more stocks. Happy – happy not.
Desperado me, I bought a plastic half body mannequin for product photos. Not too bad though. Me liking it. 🙂
Hope the tailoring mannequin will be arriving soon. Looking forward to it.
Say cheese…
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My, oh my… never do I like being ‘the’ model but my choice is, let’s do it for GOPAKO.
In the photo above, I was deciding which shoes to go with. Red one? White or my all black Fipper.
We were so excited for the photoshooting session today and tomorrow or maybe till the day after tomorrow. Hope that we could get this done soon and we can get our website started. Feeling thrilled.
Erm… can I not look at the camera, please?
And in the end, I’m all so cropped out in most of the photos. Big grins.
~Namaste.
The making…
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We are so happy to see some improvement in GOPAKO.
Say, the labels for example.
We started off with this… not too bad right?
And we did silk screening after that… fun !!
And now !! Tada…
We have finally got what we wanted for quite some times. Now we have proper labels for our customers and it’s a super proud thing when we got them sewn on every single piece of shorts/pants. We will not stop silk screening. We will be doing it when the time comes. Namaste ~