Phi Thuy Nguyen
Enjoy body-centered, energy-inspired yoga experiences that go beyond the grip of the demanding, restless, and harmful ego mind. Phi’s loving, healing & meditative approach to yoga will release long-term trapped tension and stress and have you feeling good in your body again. And, it’s easier than you think.
Yes, there have been times when I've made things way too complicated, creating messes that were great lessons. If you do the same, you can nod your head and laugh with me. I like to laugh.
A walk down memory lane
I escaped Vietnam
with most of my family in 1979. After living in a refugee camp for about a year, we were sponsored to Blue Earth, MN, by some beautiful, kind, caring and generous people. I know first-hand how the kindness of strangers can change the trajectory of one’s life. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer and the people of Blue Earth, MN, for your kindness. You rescued an unknown family from a refugee camp in Indonesia and gave us food, clothing, shelter, hope and possibility. My family and I are forever grateful. At ten years old, I came to America equipped with three heavily accented English phrases that I’d learned in the refugee camp, “Hello. How are you? Thank you.” – but not a coat to keep away the winter chill.
1979
1998
I retired from the world of banking
and corporate stress when my second son was born. I started seeking for a different way to live – a way of peace, of meaning, of happiness. I tried religion, found recovery, and landed cross-legged in meditation with my teacher Venerable Aggasami. That was painful. After many years and many retreats, I’ve learned to make it easier for myself, and for others. Phew!
I went to my first
retreat with Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. That was the first of many with him and his community of monks and nuns. I am deeply inspired by his life, his work, and his teachings of engaged spiritual practice.
2000
2002
I tried Yoga again
with my third pregnancy. With meditation under my belt, I discovered yoga was meditation in motion, loved it, combined it with hypno-birthing and had the best birthing experience of my life! Inspired by how yoga positively impacted my body, mind, emotions and spirit during and post pregnancy, I got certified to teach. I discovered the path of teaching was my greatest learning.
I opened my 1st Yoga Studio
with a business partner. When that ended, I deepened my study in yoga, committing myself to study under Yogi Amrit Desai – completing his 200-hour Teacher Training Program, his 500-hour Teacher Training Program which included his Yoga Nidra Professional Training Program. I also studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming with Bring up.
I became a life coach.
2007
2008
Agame Yoga & Meditation Center LLC.
comes to live, and this time around on my own. The name Agame honored my two main teachers – “Ag” for Venerable Aggasami; “am” for Yogi Amrit Desai – and their teachings as reflected through “me” (Ag-am-me).
My First Ayurvedic Detox
Totally shifted my body and opened me to a whole new dimension of knowledge for self-care, health, and healing. And like the other things I’ve discovered and loved, I became an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant.
2013
2017
I birth the CERR Method
As the nature of life is expansion, the comfort and ease of what I was doing simmered a deep desire for another shift. I took time off to go deeper into my practice. With my body as the canvas, I explored different ways of experiencing yoga, feel energy, release unhealthy conditionings of the past, and to further heal my body, mind, and emotions, opening me to an even deeper connection within. I offered what I was experiencing in my yoga and meditation practices to my private clients with great results.
The CERR method stands for Connect, Expand, Release, Relax, and I continue to use it almost daily for the maintenance of my physical, mental and emotional health. Its so easy and the benefits are profound.
