I hear so many people saying "Oh, she's got a perfect yoga body." And in my head I think, what does that even mean? Since when is there a specific type of body for yoga? It makes me so sad when people think they can't practice yoga because they are bigger than other people, or older than others, or less flexible than some. Everyone has a perfect body for yoga.
Yoga has become my biggest passion over the last year. I have finally found my calling and I feel it is my goal to spread the joy of yoga to everyone I meet.
To me, yoga isn't just something I teach. Yoga isn't just a set of poses I practice. Yoga isn't a workout you do just to get fit. Yoga isn't what you do to get the "perfect yoga body". Because, honestly what is that body ? If it was meant to be that way, I wouldn't be teaching yoga because this girl has some curves and I love them.
To me, yoga is a lifestyle. You carry yoga with you on and off your mat. Yoga is something you live and breathe. It is a vision you share with everyone you meet. Besides the asanas and pranayama practice, yoga is about looking deeper within yourself. Learning who you are and becoming the person you want to be. It is about sharing love and joy with everyone. Yoga teaches you to let go of those things in life not serving you and to be okay allowing yourself to do so. It is about becoming a better person and helping others around you do the same. It is about loving without limits. Yoga helps you love the person you are...at this very moment. It teaches you to live in the present, because "it's the only place that life exists".
Yoga is a way of living your life. I wish I could share that with everyone. I wish everyone would stop thinking you have to look a certain way to practice. Or that your poses have to be "perfect", because we all have different bodies and we all can't achieve a pose that looks exactly like another persons. Sometimes our anatomy can prevent us from getting as deep in a pose as another person.
It's all about having the perfect practice for YOUR body and learning to let go of the thoughts of what someone else is doing or how you believe you are supposed to look in the pose. Close your eyes. Listen to your body. Feel the pose. When you leave your mat. Carry your breath with you. Carry the lightness with you. Carry the happiness with you. And share it. Share every last bit of it. With everyone you meet.
This is what I am trying my best to do.
