{"id":21133,"date":"2013-07-15T17:52:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10-simple-but-profound-ways-in-which-yoga-changed-my-life\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:09","slug":"10-simple-but-profound-ways-in-which-yoga-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/10-simple-but-profound-ways-in-which-yoga-changed-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Simple but Profound ways in which Yoga Changed my Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I started practicing yoga for the first time on my Wii Balance Board with Wii Fit Plus. I was getting over the brutal ending of my five-year relationship and my Wii console offered me some desperately needed escape from endless thinking and analyzing. I soon figured out that the Yoga practices on Wii Fit Plus helped quiet my mind even more than skateboarding or basketball, and soon I wanted more\u2026urgently.<\/p>\n

Many, many Yoga fuelled travels and thousands of pounds in classes, courses, trainings later, I have been on a yoga journey of note. The journey has led me home to Port Elizabeth<\/a> where I opened my Yoga Studio \u2013 Heal. Love. Yoga<\/a>. I have made yoga my life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing to have a fascination and obsession with something and another to have that progress into a lifestyle and way of living. That\u2019s what yoga has become to me \u2013 a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

These are the lessons that converted me and keep me hooked every day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Every day is an opportunity for a new beginning: My yoga practice is different every day. Poses that are hard on one day are manageable or even easy on another. I just have to accept what is happening on the mat for me today. I appreciate what I have on each given day\u2026and know I can start again tomorrow.<\/li>\n
  2. The Value of the Pause: A friend once described me as \u2018quick thinking \u2013 fast talking\u2019. Having a million-miles-an hour-mind has its perks, but when that chatter becomes destructive, it\u2019s hard to stop the snowball effect. Yoga taught me to pause and be still. I appreciate nothing more than those golden moments when I am moving, fluidly, in a dreamlike state, aware only of the flow of my own breath. Finally, my mind gives it a rest and I become free from its bondage.<\/li>\n
  3. Expression of my Soul: Savasana has become an amazing opportunity for an encounter with my true self. Seated meditation is still a challenge for me but in savasana I connect with my soul. I don\u2019t think, but things come to me. Insights into myself and I am left in awe of what is in my heart.<\/li>\n
  4. Fear Paralyzes: Challenging postures taught me that my fears and doubts paralyze me. When I doubt, I fall out and when I\u2019m scared to fall, fail, or get hurt \u2013 I just don\u2019t do anything. It\u2019s my strategy in life too. So now I fall, I get hurt and I get up\u2026.because it\u2019s so important to DO something \u2013 and when it doesn\u2019t work out the way I planned \u2013 it\u2019s never as significant as I thought it would be.<\/li>\n
  5. Release and Let Go: In a posture, when you hold on, you tighten up, constrict and contract, and there\u2019s little room for moving forward. Sounds a bit like life \u2013 surprise surprise! Letting go of what you don\u2019t NEED is essential to move forward. The tension is self-inflicted \u2013 I just need to become aware of it\u2026and then release it.<\/li>\n
  6. Love Thy Body: The way yoga has me seeing my body, is that we\u2019re a team. All my organs, cells, glands, and me \u2013 we have a little support group going on. I look after them, they look after me. We chat and listen and I learn so much from all of them because this body knows endlessly more than I could ever fathom. We heal each other, every day.<\/li>\n
  7. Acceptance: My practice teaches me to be at peace with what is, even if it\u2019s not exactly how I had envisioned it. I will be on a mission to conquer one of my nemesis postures, without progress to get excited about, when suddenly, without warning, I will get into another posture for the first time. Just like that. For every pose that has eluded me, yoga has given me another just as lovely instead.<\/li>\n
  8. My Endless Potential: I have expanded my body in yoga in ways that had me realize how much more there is to me. It\u2019s a journey during which I am expanding my body, my potential and my understanding of the limitlessness of being human.<\/li>\n
  9. Physical Body Improvements: I am no spring chicken but I\u2019m in better physical shape I have ever been. I am strong and I am healthy. No diet, no starvation, no extremes \u2013 just me and my \u2018support group\u2019 doing the work as a team!<\/li>\n
  10. Happiness: Yoga has made me happy. I get a sense of intense joy when I roll out my purple mat and get into that first downward facing dog. I come home \u2013 centered and peaceful\u2026and happy. I am being with what is. I am.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dear Yoga \u2013 Thank You<\/p>\n

    Regards<\/p>\n

    Tanya Kemp<\/a><\/p>\n

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