How Yoga Changed My Life


There’s s no denying the fact that yoga has gained immense popularity worldwide. Apart from the benefits of weight loss, a strong and flexible body, radiating skin, peaceful mind and enlightened soul, yoga has proved to be a life-changing decision for many. They have found their lives transformed to a better present and a brighter future through a journey that promises a calmer, happier and fulfilling life. Today we chat with a few yoga followers and ask them about the change it's brought to their lives.

 Importance of moderation

Swami Satchidananda said: “Yoga is not for the person who eats too much, or who starves him or herself. Yoga is not for the person who sleeps too much, or who doesn’t sleep at all. The middle path is Yoga. The Yogi knows how much to eat, to sleep, to speak. That is the middle path.”
This middle path enables me to be balanced both in a physical and a spiritual sense. It guides my diet, my exercises, my actions and my words. It allows me to be at peace with the world around me. When I was at Santosha Yoga Retreat, I learned what it really means maintaining a balance between mind, body and soul.

 Self-awareness

Self-awareness starts with the body and ends with the soul. Yoga postures allow me to feel pain and discomfort in any part of the body, 
aware of the specific pain at the exact location and this consciousness leads to finding ways to eliminate i
This physical aspect of the practice teaches us that every problem has a solution

Learn positive thinking

As tended to be a bit pessimistic before started practicing Yoga,  admit that this aspect of the practice was one of the most difficult to incorporate into everyday life.Developing positive thinking begins with awareness. Being conscious of negative thoughts helps you accept them. Only when we accept them can we change attitudes to people and situations around us. One way of creating positive energy which can lead to a positive change is taking up yoga teacher training.


Building self-confidence

The interplay between body and soul finds its place in building self-confidence as well. During the first year of practicing Yoga,  focus only on the body. Gradually added more complex postures and gradually increased their duration. After several months, the thought struck out of blue – can do it.  As time passed, self-assuredness shyly entered other spheres of life

yoga become aware of one important thing – fear. The more attached to fear you are, the more insecure you become. that fear is an illusion, but it can become reality in our minds and it can hinder us from being truly happy. When you are on your mat, nothing else matters but the sense of peace. The moment you step back into the real world, you are your old self again. Yoga teaches us that we can escape from the claws of fear. But, as with anything in Yoga, it takes time.