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How Yoga Came Into My Life At Just The Right Moment
Lost in life, drinking too much, knowing I had to leave my husband, I credit yoga to getting me through it all.
When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is yoga.” ― Petri Räisänen
I have always been obsessed with exercising and naturally energetic, so my choice of workouts always involved something upbeat and very intense.
The first time I took a yoga class, I said, this is not for me, who wants to barely move and sit in silence at the end for 10 minutes. I took one class, and then I didn’t take another for at least two years.
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.” ― Sogyal Rinpoche
Plus, I could not touch my toes with my hands, and it was so painful that I could barely function in the class. Yet that is what we do, the thing we need the most we avoid. Let’s say it was probably the type of exercise I needed the most.
