"Physical
fitness is only one of the many benefits of practicing yoga. If
a person is willing to stick to it yoga can lay HUGE stepping
stones on the path to happiness.
Yesterday
i saw some old friends who i thought i haven't seen because I've
been so busy lately, well since about a year ago. Than as i was
catching up with them it occurred to me that i was a completely
different person than i was when i used to hang out with them,
i could barley relate at all. We talked about old times.. and
parties and what not, and i started to remember the person i was
way back when (it seems like a lot longer than a year ago). I
had severe depression and had been on countless different medications
since i was about 13. When the medications did not work ( which
they didn't ever really work more than just making you numb to
emotion) i would resort to drugs.
I
spent most of my time pretty much feeling sorry for myself, or
just pissed off. I didn't get along with either of my parents,
and even moved out of my mom's house for a while. Anyway as i
was sitting there i realized that there was a reason i wasn't
seeing these people anymore, and it was definetely not because
i did not have time for them. It was because they were negative
forces in my life and god is helping me clean those out. Anyway
the whole point of me telling you this is basically to say that
you just about saved my life. I tried to kill myself twice and
got pretty close to it the second time.
Since
I've been coming to yoga i haven't had a need for any antidepressants,
i haven't drank, etc. i wake up happy and ready to start the day,
I'm no longer numb.. i can accept, and although we have our disagreements
I've even become close with my mother. I was also failing in school
because i pretty much didn't care... I've been on the honor roll
every quarter this year. When I started coming to yoga you gave
me a motivation to change my life, you made me realize that i
was making my life difficult for myself and all I had to do was
to change it. And i did change it; i switched my friends (except
a few good ones who have been there through it all for me), I
switched my habits and i changed my outlook on life.
I
honestly believe if yoga hadn't found me i might not be sitting
here at this moment. This is why i want to be a teacher. I doubt
every person I teach will go through a revolution to the extent
that I did, but being able to help someone change their thoughts
even half has a much as I have is basically my life goal.
Sarah
Finn
Towson, MD
Yogi for life! |