A few months ago I found yoga. It wasn’t that I’d never done it before, I’ve dabbled into various yoga classes for years, but it was the first time I made it a real part of my life. I’m not sure why it never stuck before. Maybe the classes I tried weren’t the right kinds. Maybe the teachers just didn’t get through to me. It could have been all kinds of things, but the real reason I think it stuck this time was that a few months ago when I tried yoga again I was a different person than I’d ever been before.
Sometimes it takes your life falling apart around you to figure out where you’re really supposed to be and thats exactly what happened to me. My life fell down around me. Pretty much every single part of it. All at once. My normal coping mechanisms couldn’t fix all the problems at once and I found myself lost, confused, and unsure of how to build myself back up.
Working out had always been my go to when I needed to work things out. But months ago when it all fell apart the normal workouts weren’t helping the way they always had. Putting on my running shoes wasn’t doing it. Going to the gym wasn’t either. And then I tried a yoga class.
You see my problem has always been a mind that just never stops. I can’t calm it down long enough to think straight and actually process anything. Worry kept me up at night. Made me feel sick all day. But as I moved powerfully through the yoga poses I began to notice my breathing. I began to come into my body. I began to let go.
In yoga I found a sort of therapy. I found a way to be ok. I’m not here to claim yoga solved my problems. My problems are all still here. I’m not going to say that it pieced together all that was broken. It didn’t. What yoga did and continues to do for me is help me accept the things going on in my life and be ok with where I am in this exact moment in time. Yoga helps me free my worrying mind both during actual yoga practices and after they’re over.
Now that I’ve found yoga I don’t ever want to let it go. So this is where I’ll share my journey with you.
Discovering Yoga One Day at a Time 