02/02/2025
In December, I suddenly lost my lovely dog who had shared my life for almost 9 years and the following month has been one of the darkest times of my life. I completely abandoned my own practice and couldn’t find any desire or comfort to do it. I found it so hard to settle on my yoga mat when I was dipping into sadness. I just stopped.
Then, this month was followed by a fall where I badly sprained my ankle. And for the first time in my life, I thought that being injured wouldn’t affect me that much as I didn’t want to practice anyway.
Until the urge came to move my sore body after those long days of lying down. So I sat. I unfolded my yoga mat and decided to practice postures in a very slow and gentle way while breathing. While connecting to my breath. And there, I experienced a deep state of love and connection with my gentle giant dog. As he was a part of me. And feeling this profond emotion pushed me to practice again, to feel it again.
This morning, I read that « Yoga is a lifelong practice, but that doesn’t mean it should always look the same. Our needs change. Our bodies change. No yoga practice can continue to nourish us without evolving. What if we set aside our ideas of what yoga “should” be and simply let it be what supports us now? » (MCY)
My yoga practice is transforming into a space of healing, both for my body and my heart. I hope that Yoga will help you find this space of healing when challenges arise.
To be able to share these classes and to support you in finding these spaces when we need them is so precious. It definitely gives me the energy to come back and see you all.
With love,
Marie 🙏💛
