We are all led by some higher force in order to achieve our highest potential, and for that, we just need to cleanse ourselves from all the dirt so that we can hear our guidance clearly. And Yoga was the tool for me that helped me to find that path, so how about I will tell you my story and you might find there something for you as well
My Yoga Journey
My journey started 2 years ago on my yoga mat, at my home with a head full of uncontrolled thoughts and a body soaking with stagnant energy. The first idea was just to get some flexibility in me, but within that time I noticed major changes in my mind as well as physical health.
Yoga helps stress and calm your mind
The breathing coordination helps you to realize all the unwanted thoughts and stress, calm your mind and focus more on yourself. Asanas (postures) – the physical part, aligns your body so that your energy can flow freely throughout, and together with the breath. it makes it even deeper where the energy might have been stuck for ages, like my hip part. Because of all the trauma and negative experiences I have been struggling to open my body and myself to the world and people around me. Some people store their traumatic experiences in the body when they can’t handle their emotions well enough at that point. It sits deep in the tissues and builds over time if nothing is done about it.
What is to be done about it you would ask? Well, it’s very individual, but for me. the key was to acknowledge my traumas by accepting them and using them as my strength instead. While some people might just need to cry it out, shout it out, laugh it out, or any other way, depending on the depth of the trauma. Some others might need some guidance to first see the problem and then start healing step by step. But the first step for everyone is AWARENESS. When you are aware of things, you can then start changing their patterns of it.
While other people need to use Asana practice for consistency reasons and to strengthen their minds by performing challenging and stable asanas at the same time. Many of us these days struggle with keeping up with challenges that occur daily and surviving through them at a very challenging time. So having that mental and physical strength by performing asanas going to help you a very long way.
When you are on the good path towards your self-realization – meditation comes into the picture. Then you start to work with total control of your mind by silencing out the unwanted ones and letting in some clear and positive ones. Patience is the key here, without it it’s hard to achieve anything.
So when you start practicing these Yoga practices daily, life happens to be luxuriously easier. There are no struggles anymore, just acceptance and detachment from things that don’t serve you. Because Yoga is here to help you to drop all those superficial layers that have been building up over time and find your own true self and peace with it.
