YOGA Love

It's very difficult to describe to an innocent inquirer the many ways yoga benefits one's life.  In order to fully understand, it must really be practiced and the heart must be opened to interpretation.  Yoga provides different experience for each individual, yet it is the same.  


To me, yoga is a chance to connect - to draw my attention inward and connect with my breath, with movement, and to connect to the Earth. This may sound quite strange to some, and very familiar to others who may read this, but to yogis, it makes sense.  Yoga is the most powerful and reverent form of exercise I have ever experienced, and it has the power to heal and calm both the body and the mind.  As an instructor, I have experienced its power firsthand, in my life and in the lives of my students.


Yoga is a need.  Yoga is a center.  I need yoga, for it centers me.  Yoga is my chance to push the world aside for a short time, focusing only on existing in those short moments I practice and meditate.  Yoga allows me to reflect on the things I love, the things I am grateful for, and the things I hope for.