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Jan 2, 20212 min read

Meet Jess @doyouevenselfcare sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"Fat bodies can't teach yoga'...I was trapped in that mindset for years" . "7 years ago, I walked into my first yoga class with a busted...

Jan 2, 20212 min read

Meet @bemindflow sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I broke my femur three years back. I was put into a place of self-reflection when I had the fracture. Suddenly all activities and...

Jan 2, 20212 min read

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

I've had it since the age of 2. It's a painful disease that attacks the synovial fluid around the joints - eventually the joint is...

Jan 2, 20211 min read

Meet our friend @leeannelliott sharing a #yogasavedmylife story with us

"When I discovered yoga, there was so much trauma, fear & disconnect, so much stuck energy in my body, I moved like a robot. I was tight...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Yoga grants me the fierce calm to get to know myself & fulfil my purpose

"My name is @brittneyshawnee I grew up seeing yoga on TV depicted as a fitness class, but didn't pursue it until 2013 when I moved to St...

Nov 15, 20201 min read

Meet @bjorkks sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I discovered yoga when I was 14 years old. I come from a small town in Iceland, a yoga teacher had just moved into town and was offering...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

My name is Julie @yogajurney & this is my #yogasavedmylife story 🙏

I spent my life thinking I was broken, broken to the core. Broken because I never fought when something horrible happened to me. Broken...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @ricardo_the_yogi_chef hearing his #yogasavedmylife story with us💚

"My mom introduced me to yoga when I was 18. I was seriously overweight & one of those kids who hated doing any kind of sport" . "I was...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

My name is Cydne @cydviciousness & this is my #yogasavedmylife story 💚

"At a crossroads. Faced with the dissolution of my marriage of 17 years, a custody battle, & at the throws of addiction to booze & pills,...

Nov 15, 20201 min read

Meet Rodrigo (he/him) @goodtimetorollon sharing his #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"About 6 years ago I fell off a cliff & broke my back. Due to that I am now a full-time wheelchair user and I have a complete t3 spinal...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @dawnmrivers sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I started practicing yoga in the basement of my old house when I was 29. I found some Rodney Yee VHS tapes at the library, thus starting...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @paulinemoldoun sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"In 2015, I was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, destined for life in a wheelchair" . "I always considered myself an average...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @caseyurban sharing her #yogastory with us. These are her words 💚

(TW: Bulimia + suicidal ideation) "My bottom with bulimia had me bingeing and purging for over 10 hours a day" . "At one point I told my...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

My name is @caylee.ortiz This is my #yogasavedmylife story 💚

"I felt defeated, useless, & angry after experiencing a level of trauma, I had never encountered before, I lost my compass" . "I didn’t...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @onearmedwheel sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

#Yogasavedme in so many ways. It picked me up and rescued me from a lifetime of self-hate. It taught me that "with practice, all is...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @laurarosemoves sharing her #yogastory with us 💚

"In my early 30s, I began to abuse ambien and anxiety medication to deal with the stress of working at a big law firm and the PTSD of an...

Nov 15, 20202 min read

Meet @scoliyoga.robin sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I had spinal fusion from the age of 12" "There I was, on the couch, feeling lower than low, I had a burn-out when I was only 21 years...

Oct 11, 20202 min read

Meet @savkakristina sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words💚

"I was left with life changing back issues & a life of pain after giving birth to triplets. Yoga gave me my life back" . "The pregnancy...

Oct 11, 20202 min read

"I had spinal fusion from the age of 12"

Meet @scoliyoga.robin sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "There I was, on the couch, feeling lower...

Oct 11, 20202 min read

Meet Kelli @darkmoon_kelli sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I found yoga by accident about 20 years ago when 22. I'd been told by my doctor to stop running because of my scoliosis & severe...

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