Addiction 2/5

Nov 10, 20192 min read

"ɪ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏɢᴀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 20 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ sᴜғғᴇʀᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴅᴇᴘʀᴇssɪᴏɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ʟᴀᴡ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ"

Meet @amylynnlohr sharing her #yogasavedmylife with us 💚 . . "Iᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ʟᴀᴡ Sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ɪɴ ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ ᴄɪᴛʏ. I...

Oct 29, 20191 min read

"Yoga Set Me Free from self-hate & gave me a forever home"

Meet @this_isnancy sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "I guess I'm what you call a recovering fake...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Meet @mrs_h_82 sharing her #yogasavedmylife story💚

"I felt I wasn’t good enough growing up, which compounded the anxiety I suffered. Bouts of depression followed me over the years & I was...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Meet Care @careyogi Sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I lost my way over 5 years ago & couldn’t figure out how to get back & out of the darkness" "On paper I was rocking it but in my...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Meet Erin Geraghty @thrive_roller_yogi @thrivingafteraddiction sharing her #yogasavedmylife story

"Every time I do it, I promise myself it’s the last time. I flush the toilet and move on. This time it was a particularly violent purge....

Sep 12, 20192 min read

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

"I found yoga during recovery from an eating disorder & exercise addiction that has plagued me for most of my life" . . "For the first...

Sep 3, 20192 min read

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

"It took years of using prescription pills & heroin before I ever realized that I was also getting high to drown my own self loathing &...

Sep 3, 20192 min read

Meet Amy @hugatr33 sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"I'll never forget the first time I had an emotional response in yoga. It was one of the very first classes I ever took that I was fully...

Sep 3, 20192 min read

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

"If you met me today or came to one of my classes, you would probably never know that I spent most of my life in a very dark place. I...

Sep 2, 20192 min read

Meet Daniel @terrapinyogaSharing his #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are his words 💚

"Yoga saved my life by getting me off heroin and taught me to stop hating myself" . "When I was 12 years of age, peer pressure saw me...

Aug 19, 20192 min read

Meet Isabel @isabelstal.life sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚

"Nine years ago I sat on a bench in a parking lot, in the pouring rain, as night fell. I had just spent more of the inherited money I got...

Aug 13, 20192 min read

Meet @yoginimoongoddess sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us 💚

"7 years ago I got the worst phone call of my life, that my best friend, more of a sister to me, had died of an accidental overdose. That...

Jul 27, 20191 min read

Meet @isidora_of_stouffvilleyogalife sharing her #Yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words

"I started practicing yoga 13 years ago because I was told it would help my physical performance. I reluctantly started, and in the...

Jul 27, 20191 min read

"In 2012 I took my life back and quit drinking and drugging"

Meet @terianncarty sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "I had been ravaged by my addictions for over...

Jul 25, 20192 min read

"I’ve struggled with my mental health for over half my life"

Meet @yogibexy sharing her story with us. These are her words 🙏 . . "Bulimia was a constant companion for a decade, but after overcoming...

Jul 25, 20192 min read

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

"Isn’t it strange that we memorise bad moments so much better than good ones? I remember it as if it was yesterday: I was playing outside...

Jul 25, 20191 min read

"Once upon a time I couldn't pull a needle out of my arm to save my life...."

Meet Peter @txsoberyogi sharing his #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are his words 💚 . "I found yoga six years ago I was...

Jul 1, 20192 min read

Meet @chefkatiesimmons sharing her story with us. These are her words 💚

"Throughout my adolescence, teenage years, & early adulthood, I held tight to the ideal of perfection. I was only good enough if my test...

Jul 1, 20191 min read

Meet @erika_yoga_and_unicorns South Florida yoga teacher sharing her story with us.

"Once a upon a time, the lady in this photo lived in misery. Depression and addiction consumed her life. She felt unworthy of life itself...

Jul 1, 20192 min read

Meet Anne @yogamoongirl sharing her story with us on this day, June 4th, her sober anniversary

"Seven and a half years ago my life was very different. I was living a life of darkness , full of anger, shame and addiction. Alcohol...

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