Did yoga change your life

Kalaivani · 01-17-2006, 01:22 AM

Hi!

just this simple question. if you have the feeling that your practice changed your life, share your experience ...
maybe my life is changing due to yoga but...i will know in a few years if i am right

Namaste!
kalai@yogasanalive.com

Seamus · 01-20-2006, 09:51 AM

I was lucky to find an excellent teacher Rani Kalal of Yogarani Studios here in Dublin and the practice has really changed my life ... I highly recommend the discipline and practice to anyone ...what has your story been?

Josh Erd · 02-01-2006, 01:54 PM

Yoga has changed my life in so many ways. When I stumbled upon yoga I was an 18 year old Marine in the mountains of Japan. On my off time I would ride my moutain bike through the mountain trails and on one occation I stumbled upon a group of what looked like monks doing Tai Chi. I took it for yoga. The image of those peaceful men doing what I thought was yoga never left me. After I got back from Japan I lived in California and started studying and practicing yoga. That was a decade ago and my life has changed and matured in so many ways but one of the few constants has been my yoga practice. Yoga is a form of alchemy that will change anyone who practices it to gold.

yogapassion · 02-02-2006, 11:20 PM

yoga has changed my life in many ways. it is amazing to look back on the last couple years and see the balance that i have found and then the balance that i have lost, depending on my dedication to yoga. it is through yoga that i find my basis in life. those moments of clarity always seem to shine through while finishing a series of yoga. i love it and dedicate my life to it

serene_bean · 02-03-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh Erd

Yoga has changed my life in so many ways. When I stumbled upon yoga I was an 18 year old Marine in the mountains of Japan. On my off time I would ride my moutain bike through the mountain trails and on one occation I stumbled upon a group of what looked like monks doing Tai Chi. I took it for yoga. The image of those peaceful men doing what I thought was yoga never left me. After I got back from Japan I lived in California and started studying and practicing yoga. That was a decade ago and my life has changed and matured in so many ways but one of the few constants has been my yoga practice. Yoga is a form of alchemy that will change anyone who practices it to gold.

that's a beautiful story! I just got out of the Navy and had started attending Yoga classes in Hawaii. Now that I'm out I'm considering making conscious living my career.... I'm just not sure how to go about doing it. You said you studied yoga.... was that through an actual school or just on your own? I'm trying to find out as much information as i can to get started on this life journey.
To answer the question though, yes, yoga has changed my life. I have suffered depression just about all of my adult life. but yoga and conscious living helps bring me out of it. I feel so strong afterwords and actually feel good about my body! even if it's not "perfect."

yogapassion · 02-03-2006, 02:26 PM

that is awesome serene bean. yoga has helped me overcome many bouts with depression as well. right now it is the one thing keeping my life balanced as many thing have turned around for me. i know that i am fortunate to have it in my life to keep my spirituality stable. sun salutation every morning when i roll out of bed is a must. it just gets me started on the right foot...thanks for your post

serene_bean · 02-07-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by yogapassion

that is awesome serene bean. yoga has helped me overcome many bouts with depression as well. right now it is the one thing keeping my life balanced as many thing have turned around for me. i know that i am fortunate to have it in my life to keep my spirituality stable. sun salutation every morning when i roll out of bed is a must. it just gets me started on the right foot...thanks for your post

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one.... I know in my heart "of course there are others out there that suffer from the same problems as I do", but often times you feel so alone and it only makes it worse. So it is comforting to know others go about depression the same way you do. I tried therapy with counselers and medication.... The therapists I saw treated you like just another case in their book, no comforting words, just "well, you have these symptoms so I'll look in my book here, and this is what you should do." Not personal at all! Medication worked, but had side affects I didn't like. So now I take St. John's Wort, natural hormone balancing pills, lead a healthier lifestyle, and do yoga. It works well for me, and I would like to someday have a career where I could maybe help people the way I would have liked to have been treated about depression. Are there such people as natural therapists?

yogapassion · 02-07-2006, 05:02 PM

definitely many natural therapists. wayne dyer teachers natural therapy in his books. manifest your destiny is a great book. i went through the same thing with medication. not the way to live, all tranqued up. yoga lifts me up and brings me a calming sensation in this sea we call life. though storms may rage we too can calm the waters through meditation and focus on our better self.

kurlin_kween · 02-13-2006, 09:44 PM

i had low self esteem before i stumbled over yoga, and had an excessive compulsive exercise disorder of some kind, where i coldnt sleep, until i had done some sort of exercise. i was hyper all the time (not good for heart by the way) and needed a way of calming down. yoga has helped my boost my self esteem because now i can do many things, ALL of my friends cant. its also something different, and i love different

moondancer · 07-09-2006, 04:44 AM

I was actually brought into yoga by my husband who asked me for company to a class, and since then I have been *hooked* on it...though sometimes I chide myself for not being disciplined to get up early to practised.

Nevertheless I think it made me slow down and examine myself when negative energies hit me.

I learnt to let go by exploring my body sensations whenever I come across unpleasant situations., such as being blamed or accused etc. I try to practise what's taught in yoga classes - calm down, examine the body vibrations, feel what your body is reacting to those statements....etc.

In the past I can seeth in anger for days...now I can persuade myself to let go and forget about it in a few hours...I think that's a major change in my life.

yogachela · 07-14-2006, 01:27 AM

My yoga is changing me all the time...so indeed, it has changed my life.

02-02-2006, 11:20 PM	#4
yogapassion Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17	yoga has changed my life in many ways. it is amazing to look back on the last couple years and see the balance that i have found and then the balance that i have lost, depending on my dedication to yoga. it is through yoga that i find my basis in life. those moments of clarity always seem to shine through while finishing a series of yoga. i love it and dedicate my life to it __________________ i love yoga. it has brought balance to my life.

02-03-2006, 02:26 PM	#6
yogapassion Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17	that is awesome serene bean. yoga has helped me overcome many bouts with depression as well. right now it is the one thing keeping my life balanced as many thing have turned around for me. i know that i am fortunate to have it in my life to keep my spirituality stable. sun salutation every morning when i roll out of bed is a must. it just gets me started on the right foot...thanks for your post __________________ i love yoga. it has brought balance to my life.

02-07-2006, 05:02 PM	#8
yogapassion Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17	definitely many natural therapists. wayne dyer teachers natural therapy in his books. manifest your destiny is a great book. i went through the same thing with medication. not the way to live, all tranqued up. yoga lifts me up and brings me a calming sensation in this sea we call life. though storms may rage we too can calm the waters through meditation and focus on our better self. __________________ i love yoga. it has brought balance to my life.

02-13-2006, 09:44 PM	#9
kurlin_kween Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Student Posts: 13	i had low self esteem before i stumbled over yoga, and had an excessive compulsive exercise disorder of some kind, where i coldnt sleep, until i had done some sort of exercise. i was hyper all the time (not good for heart by the way) and needed a way of calming down. yoga has helped my boost my self esteem because now i can do many things, ALL of my friends cant. its also something different, and i love different __________________ a champion is someone who gets up even when they cant. if someone says you cant, prove them wrong impossible is nothing

07-09-2006, 04:44 AM	#10
moondancer Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Graphic Designer Posts: 5	I was actually brought into yoga by my husband who asked me for company to a class, and since then I have been hooked on it...though sometimes I chide myself for not being disciplined to get up early to practised. Nevertheless I think it made me slow down and examine myself when negative energies hit me. I learnt to let go by exploring my body sensations whenever I come across unpleasant situations., such as being blamed or accused etc. I try to practise what's taught in yoga classes - calm down, examine the body vibrations, feel what your body is reacting to those statements....etc. In the past I can seeth in anger for days...now I can persuade myself to let go and forget about it in a few hours...I think that's a major change in my life. __________________ Thank you for reading, Moondancer ..::Live Life to the Fullest:...

01-17-2006, 01:22 AM	#1
Kalaivani Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 51	Hi! just this simple question. if you have the feeling that your practice changed your life, share your experience ... maybe my life is changing due to yoga but...i will know in a few years if i am right Namaste! kalai@yogasanalive.com

01-20-2006, 09:51 AM	#2
Seamus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	I was lucky to find an excellent teacher Rani Kalal of Yogarani Studios here in Dublin and the practice has really changed my life ... I highly recommend the discipline and practice to anyone ...what has your story been?

02-01-2006, 01:54 PM	#3
Josh Erd Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yoga Instructor Posts: 10	Yoga has changed my life in so many ways. When I stumbled upon yoga I was an 18 year old Marine in the mountains of Japan. On my off time I would ride my moutain bike through the mountain trails and on one occation I stumbled upon a group of what looked like monks doing Tai Chi. I took it for yoga. The image of those peaceful men doing what I thought was yoga never left me. After I got back from Japan I lived in California and started studying and practicing yoga. That was a decade ago and my life has changed and matured in so many ways but one of the few constants has been my yoga practice. Yoga is a form of alchemy that will change anyone who practices it to gold.

07-14-2006, 01:27 AM	#11
yogachela Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	My yoga is changing me all the time...so indeed, it has changed my life.

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