This year, she also had a successful three-day monsoon yoga retreat called Soul Shower at Kathiwada Raaj Mahal, Baroda. This tattooed beauty, whose flexibility and ability to master difficult poses has left all and sundry awestruck, says yoga isn’t just workout but a way of life. In sync with that principle, Fareena has incorporated variations in her practice that aren’t a norm in yoga studios. “I ask my students to pick up chits in the beginning of the month. On those chits, the name of a virtue is written. In accordance with that, they practice that virtue consciously for a whole month. For instance, a student gave up meat after picking up ahimsa,” says Fareena. She also takes meditation classes on alternate Saturdays for free.