Why Yoga?

I've been contemplating why yoga lately.  Why did yoga come to me and why do I share it with others.  

It started around a year after my father passed away.  My nervous system was a wreck and my blood pressure was skyrocketing.  I'd gone traditional medical routes and there was technically nothing wrong other than stress.  I started working with someone who did energy work.  She recommended that I try yoga instead of the weightlifting I was doing (or at least in addition to).  Weight lifting was actually causing more stress than it was receiving.  

Yoga had been in and out of my life for years, but it had never stuck.  Around the time it was suggested I try yoga, my school district partnered with a yoga studio offering 6 weeks of classes for the staff.  I signed up immediately!  

That space became my safe haven. I found myself again through these practices.  A connection I thought severed through grief, loss and all of the business of grief and loss.  Not only did I go to the class my school sponsored, but I also joined the studio and went to as many classes as I could.  I became close to the owner.  She became a mentor and encouraged me to go to yoga teacher training.    I was supposed to do hers, but she rescheduled due to conflicts and I couldn't make it work.  I went looking for other trainings and found my teacher.  

I found deeper regulation, an intense connection with these tools.  This is what I share with others.  The space that became home to me and I hope will become home to you, or at least get you closer to your personal home.  These practices helped me manage stress, lower blood pressure and find a peace I had been looking for.

We all have a space inside us where our inner home resides.  This is where we draw our personal peace from, this is the space I want to help you find.  

Do you know your inner well?  Have you found peace within?  Do you want a space to help you find your inner peace?  As, me about opportunities to do so.

As always, Your life is your practice.