Yoga...my missing link

Couple of months ago, I felt a powerful draw to yoga.  I didn't know why, since I have tried it before and could not quite my mind enough for the one hour...I thought I would go insane.  However, this time it was different.  My body was craving a different kind of work-out, a balance if you will. 

I tried commercial yoga studios, I even tried hot yoga ( dear Lord, the dry heat was enough to melt an ice princess....and there were many in that class).  I did BodyFlow at my gym, my cousin also teaches the class there and is a certified yoga teacher...but something was missing.  I went to the classes but didn't understand the importance of breathing.  Melissa ( my wonderful new teacher..) took me under her wing and taught me how to breathe from my belly ( I have always taken my breathes through my nose, but with the upper region of my lungs, not my full lungs).  This was the link that I was missing....when you breathe deep and with you full lungs, the world becomes so much more calm, so much more clear...and so much easier. 

Breathing this way also allowed me to work-out better....impossible I thought, until I realized that I could finish the rep because I wasn't winded, the weight didn't seem so heavy because I was focused on bring air into my body...this has become my salvation...and Melissa is God sent!

They say that when the student is ready, the teacher will come, in my case, I know now why I didn't sign up with Yogatree that night back in January...why I didn't scope out another ..." hot yoga studio" ...because I was waiting for Melissa...and I was ready. 

I encourage everyone to try yoga ....really try, focus, mediate, breathe ....and you will be so much more connected to you body and soul ...it gives me peace I forgot I had, makes me stop and take a deep breath and remember that the past is gone, the future has yet to happen, but this moment is the only time we have right now. 

My goal for this year is to become a yogi....I have made other goals and I know that I will achieve them...because the peace and focus that yoga brings me ...will allow me to reach for my goals....and not just hope, but know that they will come to fruition.

So my friends....take a deep breath, release your stress, close your eyes and breathe out your doubts and breathe in you can ...because you do or do not ...there is no try.

Namaste.

xoxo
BT&HB