The first time I took a yoga class I was very cross and impatient. I had a shoulder injury and yoga was
the only “exercise” I could do. I was frustrated at my body for being injured and letting me down. I
resented HAVING to do a yoga class to get some exercise – I thought I would be laying down doing
nothing. I certainly didn’t think that years later I’d be teaching it.

 

During that first class I found that yoga was actually quite challenging, and, more importantly, I
found a few seconds where my mind just stopped…It was quite an amazing experience. My inner
voice – that voice that tells me that “I can’t” or “I’m not enough” was for once quiet…

 

Despite this revelation, I still felt I had to punish my body to stay “fit and healthy” and focused solely
on the physical postures in my yoga classes, wanting to create picture perfect poses – like those yoga pictures on Instagram.

 

I neglected to take the time to really feel the pose and see the value of the breath work and shavasana thinking they were a waste of time – I was a busy person, I had things to do and I couldn’t just be lying around.

​