Stretch City: Yogi Brunch #2: Rooftop Yoga, Music, Haircut & Food!

 Excited me in front of Nong before yoga class

Went for a refreshing rooftop yoga class this Saturday morning, at the quirky Nong, with Yun Ng of Stretch City. I had heard a lot about nong from friends and had been wanting to visit the place for ages. Though it’s only a short 15 minute’s walk from my club street office, procrastination got in the way… so…

When I first got wind of this class, I was really excited! Being able to attend Yun’s class, and to visit Nong at the same time- literally the best of both worlds! I knew I had to attend.  

 Nong is a lovely pop up farm/garden by the people behind edible gardens. What’s really interesting about the place is that they feature exhibitions, art displays, workshops and also a retail store in collaboration with Haystakt.

things for sale at Nong 

image credit to is-asia city 

store space that gives off a cheerful and rustic vibe

Their goal to so to bring the "Grow Your Own Food" movement closer to the local community via the means of workshops, activities for families and artisanal products made with love and respect for our earth. Past workshops they've done include fermentation (kimchi and A-cha making!) workshops and soap making workshops. 

image credit to honeycombers 

Their goal to so to bring the "Grow Your Own Food" movement closer to the local community via the means of workshops, activities for families and artisanal products made with love and respect for our earth. Past workshops they've done include fermentation (kimchi and A-cha making!) workshops and soap making workshops.

The thing i really love about Nong is how unpretentious everything is- the store is quirky and quaint without being over the top or falling over to the hipster category of hangouts. You can feel that the creators of Nong made and maintain this place with lots of love and  sincerity, and there is also a certain ‘down-to-earthness’ to the place that makes visitors feel very welcome.

We arrived around 1015, slightly before the start of class, to walk around and explore Nong. Around 1030, Liv ushered us to the open space to the left of Nong to get us to lay our mats out for class. The class was an invigorating flow class by Yun.
As we were in a sheltered yet open area, it made for a lovely flow class because we could feel the morning breeze from the north, but were shaded from the direct rays of the sun. The instrumental music played by Rupak give the class a really very zen and relaxing feel.

three-legged dog 

This was followed  by a little bit of fun AcroAcroyoga by regulars of Acroyoga Singapore. 

It was the first time I was trying acroyoga and I was really thrilled to be the flyer in the position ‘bird’, which is one of the more elementary acroyoga poses. 

 After the class we were welcomed into Nong to enjoy the smoodies by Lins smoodees, coffee, herb iced tea, and a wide range of food including crisps/chips, burgers and sandwiches by Simply Eden, a local store that specializes in wholesome, fresh and healthy foods.

As we weren't quite so hungry, i decided to get a red velvet cupcake from Simply Eden. The cupcake was moist and chewy and of a good consistency. It was slightly disappointing however that there wasn't any cream cheese on the inside or outside- i was hoping for a small surprise while biting into the center but didn't get any.

Overall we had a great time at the yogi brunch and yoga class at Nong. The setting is lovely, class was refreshing, food was wholesome and people were friendly and very chatty. 

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Breakfast: Mina & Liili Muesli

There is a saying that goes- for breakfast you eat like a king, lunch you eat like a commoner, and dinner you eat like a pauper. The key to living a long and healthy life, aside from regular physical activity, is none other than your diet.

wide range of muesli to cater to your needs 

As i sometimes practice yoga in the mornings, and find it troublesome to prepare a smoothie or small snack before class, so i often do yoga on an empty stomach, shower, head to work then have breakfast at my desk, which usually consists of cereal (and maybe some fresh fruits e.g. banana, blueberries etc.). On Wednesday this week i had really wholesome breakfast, thanks to Mina & liili muesli & Stretch city. 

Berries Muesli comes with a variety of different berries including freeze dried blueberries, strawberries and wolfberries, corn flakes, seeds, and whole grain flakes. 

The technique of freeze drying the berries  preserves the nutrients, flavors and colors of the berries, and no preservatives are used

Berries muesli dry

I really love that a wide variety of berries and both oats, flakes, rice crisp and corn flakes are included. My personal preference is for my breakfast to look as enticing as possible and Berries Muesli, with it’s bright colours and mix of different ingredients with varying textures, some crunchy, some chewy, definitely fits the bill. 

I also like my breakfast oats/cereal to go with low fat milk or oat milk, because it makes chewing much easier and also gives a more rounded overall taste. This muesli went very well with my oat milk, both in terms of the texture and also it’s flavour. 

Berries muesli with milk 

At $2.50 for a single serving portion or about $16 for a refill/canister (450mg), Mina muesli is a pretty reasonably priced option for breakfast/a healthy snack. Also, having tried and really liked their berries option, I would definitely been keen to try their other flavours such as matccha, chocolate crunch and fruit cocktail.

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