Alain Daligault

In 1995, I managed the Jean Paul Gaultier boutique on rue du faubourg Saint Antoine in Paris.

Fashion is great, but it's not for me anymore!

Major change of direction: heading towards Southeast Asia.

It's an adventure, it's exotic, I'm going to try a traditional Thai massage in a small neighborhood salon in Bangkok.

And the pif ..paf .. clic.. clac.. stretching & screaaammm... นิดหน่อย (Nit Noï, you know this word if you have been to Thailand!).

I am discovering this fabulous ancient art of healing.

When I got back to my guesthouse, my feet no longer touched the ground, I felt as if I were weightless...

An unprecedented feeling of space and freedom.

It was a revelation, I want to repeat the experience.

I want to learn how to do that, it's wonderful!

I want to share this with whoever wants to…

A few weeks later, my travels took me to Parangtritis in southern Java.

Early in the morning, my neighbor 'dances' in the garden, I am touched by these movements, these sequences and unknown positions. It is athletic, it is harmonious, it is powerful, airy, light, luminous... In short, it's love at first sight!

But what exactly is this practice?

And I met Hélène and 'Ashtanga Yoga'.

Please teach me.

A whole new world opened up to me, the beginning of a long journey that continues to this day.