In 2015 I was diagnosed with stomach cancer & stunned when they told me my stomach was to be removed
"Yoga quite honestly, saved me"
"Yoga saved my life by getting me off heroin and taught me to stop hating myself"
Depression affects different people in different ways
Meet @kristinbosteels sharing her powerful story with us. These are her words ❤
"From my pre-teen years until my mid-twenties my mental health was poor to say the very least"
I spent years being totally devoted to using drugs & all the crazy behaviors that go along with it
As an adolescent, I was diagnosed and medicated for depression
"Yoga has been a huge positive has helped me physically, emotionally and spiritually"
Meet international yoga teacher, Mary Haberski @yogasurflove
"Yoga became the ultimate key to help me find my peace, I now teach in prison to help others
"I can honestly say that I would not be where I am now without yoga in my life"
Before yoga I was in a bad place and I thought the way to happiness was to feel wanted and desired
"I was declared cancer free exactly five years ago today...." .
"I had a heart attack at 23 after being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at 14"
it turned out to be a Retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer almost only found in children
"Yoga has made me more compassionate & less judgmental not only to other people, but also to myself"
"Before Yoga, fear of vulnerability, judgement & ridicule, would have prevented me sharing my story
3 years into my Yoga journey I’ve gained self acceptance, honouring my body
Yoga changed my life. It made me choose health