28/11/2023
Hard to believe only 6 years ago I was living in India, studying yoga, working in yoga, practicing yoga, living and breathing yoga.
But while it’s a beautiful experience to take yourself out of your “real” life, into a kind of bubble focused on one thing, for most of us it’s not sustainable. I didn’t choose to devote my life to yoga like some of my teachers.
I left India, I moved on. I met a man, had a baby, worked in all kinds of jobs, traveled, stabilized my life, uprooted my life.
But throughout all the ups and downs of life, yoga was a tool in my box that I could always come back to, always pull out when I needed support. Even my own yoga practice has had ups and downs.
I’m not an extreme person in any aspect of my life so I never committed to the whole 6 days a week, every week for the rest of my life kind of yoga practice. Most people can’t really. And it’s not the point.
When I reflect on what yoga means to me and what it adds to my life, I ask myself two main questions. I invite you to ask yourself as well.
Do I feel better after having done some yoga?
Have I become a calmer, more pleasant person to be around after doing yoga?
Your answer to those questions is the answer to the question, “is yoga for me?”
Bonus question 😉
Have I made my “world” a little better after doing my yoga?
Have I left a place better than when I arrived?
Yoga is a life journey and a lifetime study but it can also run alongside your day-to-day life, ready to catch you if you fall.
