Embrace Yoga

What is Yoga?

Yoga is not just about stretching and exercising. It is about living a life of benevolence, peace, of love... and blooming from within. Yoga is a pathway to happiness, compassion, self-empowerment and freedom. From personal experience I acknowledge that Yoga can be life changing. As a mother of three young daughters, I know how easy it can be to "lose yourself" in the role of parenting. Too often we can become consumed by everyday life, Yoga can be a sanctuary as it provides time away from the busyness of life. Our Yoga practice is a time for self-care and allows us to restore, rejuvenate and reconnect to our mind, body and spirit. Yoga is a journey of personal development and self-improvement, it has become a vehicle towards positive change for me personally.

​Yoga led me down the path of self-healing and spiritual awakening. I embraced Yoga wholeheartedly and it has become an integral aspect of who I am today. Yoga is about developing an intimate awareness of your mind, body and spirit connection. During my yogic journey, I have learned about my resistance towards acceptance, forgiveness, impermanence, self-love and self-compassion. The practice of Yoga has helped me to become more self aware. I have a newfound trust in listening to my intuition and honouring my Soul's purpose. For me, Yoga is a form of therapy. It has assisted in unlocking trapped trauma, releasing blockages in tense parts of my body and has enabled me to let go of negative memories that have been buried in my subconscious mind. Yoga has been described as "the journey of the self, through the self, to the self” (The Bhagavad Gita).

“The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It is about using posture to understand and transform yourself. Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known ever existed.” (B.K.S Iyengar). Yoga has been my medicine... my meditation through movement... my safe place. When I arrive at my mat, I feel at home – it’s as though my true self is allowed to shine and my fears subside. Yoga has boosted my motivation, brought purpose back to my life and has improved my self-esteem and self-confidence. Yoga is a journey within, of looking inward at life, a way of thinking. Personally, Yoga is about being responsible for my actions while learning that every experience in life occurred to bring me to where I am at this present moment. There are no regrets, just lessons to learn; nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. Just as the tide ebbs and flows, just as the clouds constantly change, I too am growing and evolving.

​For me, Yoga is a way of life. It is a tool to deeply connect with my true being, embracing love rather than fear. Yoga is about letting go of attachments, permanence, judgements, stress, expectations and external desires, by surrendering to the present moment. Recognising that life does not happen to you, it happens for you – maybe not as planned, but just as it is meant to. Yoga is about being compassionate towards ourselves and others, living with an open heart, being mindful of how we treat ourselves and others and our impact on the world. Finding beauty within the imperfections of life, peacefully accepting that everything is constantly changing, empowers us to experience more gratitude and joy.

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