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Stephanie’s Story: Overcoming Obstacles

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My yoga practice has taught me a great deal about overcoming obstacles. It used to be that every one of my emotions was tied to the events of my life. The good things that happened brought joy and happiness. The bad things left me feeling less than, depressed, and victimized. The way I saw it, … [Read more…]

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Doron’s Story: How Yogic Breathing Helped Me Overcome Asthma

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by Doron Hanoch Before Yogic Breathing: A Young Child Struggles to Breathe It was nighttime. A two-year-old baby could not breathe. He was wheezing and also had a fever. Mom took him to the hospital where he stayed for two months, going through a variety of practices to try and release his air passages. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Stories of Transformation Through Yoga Tagged: pranayama, yoga for asthma, yogic breathing

Dee’s Story: Going Within and Finding The Breath

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by Dolores Andalkar As a young dancer, I was always intrigued with stretching in class before our dance practice. But more so, the breath. I remember at a very young age enjoying the stretch with breath and feeling that with every breath, I felt at home. My thoughts and worries seemed to be pushed to the back … [Read more…]

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Marla’s Story: Getting to Know Myself (Svadhyaya)

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by Marla Sacks I took my first yoga class at a groovy New Age health spa many years ago. Afterwards, I felt totally relaxed and at ease. At that point, I was barely taking care of my inner voice. I wasn’t really aware of the turmoil in my mind. I did yoga sporadically at the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Stories of Transformation Through Yoga Tagged: eight limbs of yoga, svadhyaya

Kathryn’s Story: Becoming Fearless – How Yoga Taught Me to Face What Scares Me

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by Kathryn E Livingston I was raised on a steady diet of fear. My parents loved me deeply, but in their attempts to keep me safe, they instilled a distrust of the world. Fear was a four-letter word that haunted me from the moment I got up each morning until I went to bed at … [Read more…]

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Jade’s Story: The Gift of Now and How Yoga Helped Me Receive It

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by Jade Garratt Yoga has given me the gift of now, but I wasn’t always able to be present. Someone once asked me how often I thought I was in the present moment. At the time, my best guess was about five per cent of the time. I was practicing yoga regularly, and that was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Stories of Transformation Through Yoga Tagged: mindfulness, present moment
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