My experience as a yogi has been ever evolving and adaptable to time and space. I first started doing about eleven years ago in power yoga in a all women's gym. I had been dating at the time an abusive relationship that didn't agree with yoga and gym. I was suggested to do yoga from my physician who encouraged start to fine ways to relax and breathe. I was suffering with health issues and depression, anxiety and asthma. My work in the social services mental health field did not make things better for me.
The power yoga was a great way to debrief my day and unwind to create some space in the body and mind. I gained enough awareness to make necessary changes such as left the relationship. The employment had to come a few years afterwards a client tried to attack me. I had to be on WCB for awhile and learn better ways to cope with stress once more. I tend to be a hard learner in life and have to struggle before completely surrender and change. I went to Bikram's yoga for about three years found it to not be enough for my mind. I had a powerful mind that kept on going and going I had to find a way to slow it down. I was recommended to do Kundalini yoga was first introduced to sadhana 4:00 - 6:15 am meditation. I wish could comment that this was a wonderful experience first time. I went started to panic with all the different ways of reading and meditating my reaction was to run out of the center. I found myself back there after about eight months of more suffering and a car accident more relationship problems. what a mess! I went to sadhana with a strong desire to want a better awareness and way of operating in life. In 2008, I started Teacher Training level one then have moved onto level 2 over period of five years. Keep up was Yogi bhajan motto. |
"If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all." -Yogi Bhajan
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Sat Nam Fest
I felt it was necessary to attend Sat nam Fest in 2015 after having health issues. I had to stop working for a period of time to recover but felt it important to be around sangat in another community. I needed to get out of the dogma and create my own system of belief that felt true.
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White Tantric
I decided to help out at White Tantric in Knoxville, Tennessee USA in 2014. This was an interesting event to see a smaller community come together to make this blissful day happen. I was the monitor for the White Tantric was able to still participate in the exercise and met wonderful and soulful people.
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