Namaste, I have ben asked to share my story of Yoga with you. It’s really a deep and profound love affair but believe me it didn’t begin that way. It all began in early 1995. I didn’t start practicing yoga to become flexible or strong. I didn’t start because I was seeking calmness or consciousness. I didn’t start because it was a fad or craze. I simply began because I was hurting.

My back hurt all the time. And I mean every second of the day. I couldn’t drive or ride in a car for longer than two hours without being in severe pain. I was a trainer at a gym and a young woman shared with me that it had helped her Scoliosis. I also had this issue and it was compounded because when I was younger I was thrown several times from my horse and motorcycle. I had herniated disc’s and my spine was basically compromised structurally.

So I thought ok I will learn Yoga. And that it where it began. I began reading and looking at video’s. There was an older gentleman named Dharmendra that saw me practicing at the gym and offered to help me. Within 3 months I was significantly better. He taught me how to use my breath to allow my body to move deeper into the postures and my body responded by becoming stronger and more flexible. I was no longer in pain. My life had made a huge turn around. The more I practiced the better I felt.

E-RYT 200 hr and RYT 500 hr [in progress]