How yoga changed my life

                 

                                    

I love yoga. 

To be honest, I am not entirely sure how it changed my life, but I am certain that it has.

To me yoga is a small

well used word 

that encompasses 

so much. 

It's a way of life

not just the asana

or poses,

that are so known. 

Yoga to me

is the good intentions

the breathing

the teachings

the body awareness

and 

the self awareness.

Its about the practicing of all of it, and learning how to be my best self, and live my truest life. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love the poses too. They feel great, the stretch, the release, and the progress into deeper and more complex poses. The poses help the energy move and flow so that the intentions and life practices can take shape.

So finding a yoga practice and adding all of the above to my life 10 years ago has changed my life for the better. I had been doing yoga for a few years with Bluemoon/kuhlektiv yoga before I took my fist yoga teacher training.  Now both of these things had a huge hand in making yoga big in my life. The classes spoke to me, helped my “desk job”  ridden body, left me with good intentions, self-awareness and all around feeling good. I wanted to take it to the next level and kuhlektiv yoga helped me find a YTT that suited me. I completed the first third of the YTT with Ally Gaiatri while I was  two months pregnant.  Unfortunately, because I was pregnant and the YTT was in Calgary, I didn't get a chance to complete the second and third modules. However, I believe that being pregnant during this initial YTT shaped how yoga is present in my life now.  

Being a mom is a huge part of my life now, but the yoga had staying power and they have woven together. 

Yoga helps me 

be a better mom 

(I hope and think maybe?!)

my intentions 

and 

breathing 

give me more patience 

(usually not enough, but it helps)

more love

and

kindness

more mindfulness

and 

mostly the practice of reminding myself of all these things

and

that we are all doing our best.

So I guess I do know how yoga changed my life: 

in all the ways mentioned above and so much more!!

Going forward, I hope to keep growing my practice.

I am sure yoga will continue to change my life.

T. Horechko