Why did you choose to go into this profession?
I was gifted a beginner’s yoga set and a class pass to a local studio for Christmas one year from my sisters. The card stated that I was doing a great job as a young mother and wife, but I was forgetting to take care of myself. Once I started practicing yoga, I began to heal. I felt like I fit in with this group of bendy people that also needed the reminder to be present and breathe. After 3 years of dedicated practice, I was no longer on anti-anxiety medication, I was treating my body with more respect, and I was developing arches in my flat feet. During a class, God took me to my knees in a child’s pose where I wept. I was being prompted to teach. After class I asked the instructor about the next teacher training, and got on her list. In the matter of a week, 7 other students came forward asking about teacher training.
I don’t feel like I chose this profession. God called me into it. I was perfectly comfortable arriving for class, practicing in the back of the room, and leaving promptly without too much social interaction. I stay in this profession because I have seen people transformed mentally, spiritually, and physically through the practice of yoga. I stay because I continue to be transformed and healed. I stay because God has not called me to leave.
I have now maintained my yoga practice for 10 years, and have taught weekly group classes for the last 7 years.
