Cora Lee Yoga

Cora Lee Yoga Cora Lee Yoga

Born and raised in Hong Kong, mother of 2. Loves yoga, travel, write, eat and cook. A reformed banker. Motherhood and yoga changed my life.

Originally from Hong Kong, I am a yoga teacher and life coach in Singapore and mother of 2. Now I am living a life I love - being mom, teaching yoga, and coaching. My mission is to empower people to build practices to optimise health, energy and life with a mix of yoga, ancient wisdom and modern science.

03/09/2026

Chair seat collapsing in Pincha? Here’s the fix.

You asked, so I filmed it. (Yes, I read every message. I’ll reply myself — no bots.)

Last week I shared using the front edge of the chair seat to support the upper back. A lot of you wrote: the seat gives way.

Two things:

1. Belt the backrest to the rungs. That locks the seat.
2. Chair flush to the wall. All the way.

That’s it. Save this for your next practice.

Here’s the part I care about more:

How you set up a prop is not a small thing. Folding a blanket. Coiling a belt. Tying up a chair.

How you do anything is how you do everything.
This is the yoga, before you ever get upside down.

And a reel will only take you so far. Thirty seconds can spark your interest; it can’t teach you nuance. That takes long-form, your own exploration, and if you’re lucky, a room and a teacher.

I am so glad to hear you find these videos helpful, and I welcome all questions.

We geek out together.

What else do you struggle with in your practice?

Ask — it becomes the next video.

02/09/2026

Some asanas, like inversions, are less about technique and more about navigating fear instead of avoiding it.

With props and guidance, we take small intelligent steps. Each one takes you to a new edge, and we stay long enough to get comfortable there. Cutting out the noise of “it’s dangerous,” or “I can’t do it,” or “this isn’t for me.”

Practice builds skill, but it also turns fear into information. And information turns into action.

Learning inversions has been one of those moments where I happily proved myself wrong — and proved my students wrong.

Helping someone realize what they’re capable of, and get over fear (and themselves), matters more than the pose Itself.

Because later, when discomfort shows up — a hard conversation, a difficult decision, and you remind yourself, i can stand on my head. And you’ll remember what to do.

Inversions is one of the key practices that I share and teach.

Online 🖥️ : Comment “HEADSTAND” for a free guide with 9 videos to refine and progress in headstand.

In person 🙋🏻‍♀️ : 15 hr ChairCET Dec 4-6 PURE Yoga Singapore
where you learn inversions with the use of chair.
See Link in bio.

01/09/2026

I remember lying on my mat watching my neighbour push up into Wheel while I stayed down.

“Bridge or Wheel,” the teacher would say. And I understood that I was a Bridge person, probably forever.

Two reasons that was true, and neither of them was my body.

1. No one taught the technique. You either had the pose or you didn’t. There was nothing in between — no path, no progression, nothing to work on.

2. The sequence wasn’t built toward it. Wheel was just a pose that got thrown in near the end of class, arriving out of nowhere and asking for everything.

My approach is different. Anatomy and key actions are the principles, and I sequence toward the pose with precision.
No pose in the sequence is random.

Urdhva Dhanurasana asks for three things at once:

1. Extension through the upper back,
2. Flexion at the shoulders,
3. Extension at the hips.

Good sequencing doesn’t chase the pose. It opens the doors the pose needs, one at a time, then asks the body to hold them all open together.

This is what intelligent sequencing means to me. Not a warm-up. An argument, built step by step, where the peak pose is the conclusion.

The alignment cues aren’t decoration on top. They’re the reason.

When I tell you what the shoulders are doing, I want you to feel why, so the pose becomes something you understand from the inside, not a shape you’re chasing.

And once you understand it here, you start seeing the same relationships everywhere else in your practice. That’s the real return. Not one pose, but the ability to read them all.

Step by step, with actions you can actually work on.
Progress you can observe. Not “you have it or you don’t.”

Let’s get to work.

01/09/2026

I remember lying on my mat watching my neighbour push up into Wheel while I stayed down.

“Bridge or Wheel,” the teacher would say. And I understood that I was a Bridge person, probably forever.

Two reasons that was true, and neither of them was my body.

1. No one taught the technique. You either had the pose or you didn’t. There was nothing in between — no path, no progression, nothing to work on.

2. The sequence wasn’t built toward it. Wheel was just a pose that got thrown in near the end of class, arriving out of nowhere and asking for everything.

My approach is different. Anatomy and key actions are the principles, and I sequence toward the pose with precision.
No pose in the sequence is random.

Urdhva Dhanurasana asks for three things at once:

1. Extension through the upper back,
2. Flexion at the shoulders,
3. Extension at the hips.

Good sequencing doesn’t chase the pose. It opens the doors the pose needs, one at a time, then asks the body to hold them all open together.

This is what intelligent sequencing means to me. Not a warm-up. An argument, built step by step, where the peak pose is the conclusion.

The alignment cues aren’t decoration on top. They’re the reason.

When I tell you what the shoulders are doing, I want you to feel why, so the pose becomes something you understand from the inside, not a shape you’re chasing.

And once you understand it here, you start seeing the same relationships everywhere else in your practice. That’s the real return. Not one pose, but the ability to read them all.

Step by step, with actions you can actually work on. Progress you can observe. Not “you have it or you don’t.”

Let’s get to work.

PURE Yoga Singapore or in this online space.

31/08/2026

A big “THANK YOU” , and a look at what’s ahead. Returning to Pure, Chair CET at the end of the year, and September on fundamentals. Weekly writing beyond the asana at the link in bio. 🙏

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to come home.When I first found yoga, I wasn’t looking for a calling. I was...
30/08/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to come home.

When I first found yoga, I wasn’t looking for a calling. I was a new mother looking for an hour to myself.

I couldn’t have known how much that one decision would change my life.

Since then, the rooms have changed. The cities have changed. And so have I.

There have been seasons of staying, and seasons where I needed to leave what was familiar to understand who I was becoming. 🍂🍃

I used to think leaving meant moving on.

Now I think sometimes, we need to leave the places that shaped us so we have space to grow.

And sometimes, life brings us back.

Not to become who we were.

But to return as who we’ve become. 🏠

14 years later, a new chapter begins. 🤍

Watch this space.

29/08/2026

“Are you coming back to PURE?”

I’ve been asked this a lot lately…. (Probably because of the big poster of my upcoming Chair CET at the studio).
I always want to answer it differently. Because I’m not sure I ever left.

It’s true I haven’t taught at PURE in past three years. But it’s a bit like a kid going off to college. There are seasons in life when you leave home to explore.

PURE YOGA, where I started yoga. Where I did my teacher training. Where I met my teacher, and most of my friends.
It carried me through the move from Hong Kong to Singapore, through COVID, through ups and downs in life.

Thousands of hours here — tears and sweat, joy and laughter. In the heat, in training, in workshops, practising along side each and everyone one of you.

Even while I was teaching elsewhere, I stayed a student, practicing right beside you. So, yes, this is always home.

So “coming back” isn’t quite the word. I never felt I left.

But I’m glad to share this:

I’m resuming my teaching role at PURE. Doing this wonderful thing called yoga together.

Starting September 1st, - I will be back sharing alignment based practice - Wildlotus, Hot, Wall Rope, and Chair.

I am super excited. Let’s get to work.

Upcoming workshop:
15-Hour Chair CET · Dec 4–6, 2026 · Ngee Ann City

PURE Yoga Singapore

27/08/2026

Inverted poses are a unique gift in yoga.

They take us on an inner journey, into the core of who we are.

They meet us at a level most poses don’t reach. They go deep into the places where our fears live… and where our quiet power lives too.

This 2 chair setup is a crowd’s favourite. It’s an adaptation for people who have neck issues, but even with a healthy neck , abd regardless of s experience, this setup feels amazing.

The use of chair isn’t a modification. It’s intelligence. It gives the mind permission to trust. Once once the mind trusts, the body always follows.

You don’t need years of practice to feel this. You need the right support and the willingness to practice with a beginner’ mind.

Comment HEADSTAND and I’ll send you the steps to get started. 🪑🧘‍♀️

Upcoming events:
- Dec 4-6: 15 hour Chair CET at PURE YOGA Singapore
- Dec 10-13 Phuket Intensive where I teach Inversion Foundation & Restorative

26/08/2026

Community, creativity and brand — what does it take to stand out as a yoga teacher today?

What do studios actually look for in a teacher? What makes someone memorable beyond the way they teach? And when is the right time to invest in a yoga teacher training?

In this episode, Cora sits down with Alicia Thew, co-founder of Yoga Movement, to talk about building community, finding your voice as a teacher, and creating a brand that has helped make yoga more accessible and part of everyday culture.

25/08/2026

Your spine compresses every single day — sitting, standing, scrolling, stress.

If you heard about Wall Rope yoga, we hang our bodies with the ropes to traction the spine.

Not everyone can have the luxury to install wall rope at home.. But this setup does not need special installation. All you need is find a sturdy hook - a balcony, a bookshelf, a door handle; and a belt.

Even just one minute in the pose, lower back releases. Hips open. Spine decompresses.

No skill required. No flexibility required. And yes, it feels amazing and restorative.

I even do this in hotel rooms I travel, post flight, or after lots of walking. It’s so therapeutic.

You can traction in seated poses like

1. Upavisha Konasana (Wide Legged Forward Fold)
2. Baddkakonana (Butterfly)
3. Adho Mudka Vadjrasana (Child pose)

And of course in Adho Mudka Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog).

This is one of those things I wish every single person (myself included) do daily.

1 minute. Choose 1 pose. Or do all and make it a minute sequence. That’s less than 5 minutes of your time for big returns.

Save this for practice.

And if you want more, I created a RESET bundle for you which includes a simple 10 minute restore sequence plus a few perks get return to routines.

Comment “RESET” and I will send that over.

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