John Silvestri Yogi

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My Story

Air, Water, Food, Gardening, Yamas, Niamas, Exercise, Pranayama, Meditation

It begins with love and kindness, practiced upon me by my mother. I found Yoga in 1973. There was dormancy for about 23 years, not studying or practicing, love, kindness, or Yoga. In 1996, I called upon the yogic breathing I learned in 1973-1974 to survive when I suffered a staff infection that caused my lungs to collapse. I had only one functioning lobe in one lung on admission to the hospital. In the hospital for this debilitating, near death experience, 20 and 12 days. A dirty motor oil looking like substance was pumped out of my lung cavity. At the time I was a marathon runner, so I was physically strong. Diaphragmatic, lower abs, yogic breathing was key to getting oxygen into my into my lungs. I incorporated this breathing into continued marathon running. In 2000, I gave up marathon running, and substituted Yoga as my exercise routine. Then, I began to study Yoga, then went into serious study and training. This has lead me to studying other things, including Kindness, Breath, Water, Food, Farming, Ocean, in addition to keeping up with Yoga and other Exercise. Sat Nam.