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![In 2015 I was diagnosed with stomach cancer & stunned when they told me my stomach was to be removed](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_6ca354f25da64f71a9094ce3f96516f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_6ca354f25da64f71a9094ce3f96516f9~mv2.webp)
In 2015 I was diagnosed with stomach cancer & stunned when they told me my stomach was to be removed
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!["Yoga quite honestly, saved me"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f9cb63e2a7544d708604c7580fc2f4d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f9cb63e2a7544d708604c7580fc2f4d3~mv2.webp)
"Yoga quite honestly, saved me"
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!["Yoga saved my life by getting me off heroin and taught me to stop hating myself"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f1384dcebea5497d95de0f2caca6c105~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f1384dcebea5497d95de0f2caca6c105~mv2.webp)
"Yoga saved my life by getting me off heroin and taught me to stop hating myself"
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f994b0d2b84a4ec29b0f60cea0faef5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a15d92_f994b0d2b84a4ec29b0f60cea0faef5e~mv2.webp)
![Depression affects different people in different ways](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f994b0d2b84a4ec29b0f60cea0faef5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f994b0d2b84a4ec29b0f60cea0faef5e~mv2.webp)
Depression affects different people in different ways
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_c275a84764844a8ebac43c5a5d28d681~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a15d92_c275a84764844a8ebac43c5a5d28d681~mv2.webp)
![Meet @kristinbosteels sharing her powerful story with us. These are her words ❤](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_c275a84764844a8ebac43c5a5d28d681~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_c275a84764844a8ebac43c5a5d28d681~mv2.webp)
Meet @kristinbosteels sharing her powerful story with us. These are her words ❤
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!["From my pre-teen years until my mid-twenties my mental health was poor to say the very least"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_bb7013871134495fa38f63acd34faf19~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_bb7013871134495fa38f63acd34faf19~mv2.webp)
"From my pre-teen years until my mid-twenties my mental health was poor to say the very least"
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f15f9021864b416c8f394a17bdad67a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a15d92_f15f9021864b416c8f394a17bdad67a1~mv2.webp)
![I spent years being totally devoted to using drugs & all the crazy behaviors that go along with it](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f15f9021864b416c8f394a17bdad67a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f15f9021864b416c8f394a17bdad67a1~mv2.webp)
I spent years being totally devoted to using drugs & all the crazy behaviors that go along with it
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_08a4b02e14f94d139b1794ea9b9d452e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a15d92_08a4b02e14f94d139b1794ea9b9d452e~mv2.webp)
![As an adolescent, I was diagnosed and medicated for depression](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_08a4b02e14f94d139b1794ea9b9d452e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_08a4b02e14f94d139b1794ea9b9d452e~mv2.webp)
As an adolescent, I was diagnosed and medicated for depression
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!["Yoga has been a huge positive has helped me physically, emotionally and spiritually"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f113f46c1b964208bd232b50b5fc8737~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f113f46c1b964208bd232b50b5fc8737~mv2.webp)
"Yoga has been a huge positive has helped me physically, emotionally and spiritually"
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![Meet international yoga teacher, Mary Haberski @yogasurflove](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_bc565462ac84453abea82d7fadd19bd9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_bc565462ac84453abea82d7fadd19bd9~mv2.webp)
Meet international yoga teacher, Mary Haberski @yogasurflove
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!["Yoga became the ultimate key to help me find my peace, I now teach in prison to help others](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_dcb3eecc0edf4d98b6ba90f42b4edee8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_dcb3eecc0edf4d98b6ba90f42b4edee8~mv2.webp)
"Yoga became the ultimate key to help me find my peace, I now teach in prison to help others
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!["I can honestly say that I would not be where I am now without yoga in my life"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_d7ccbd7a29d545a4b2e4526e041a1d62~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_d7ccbd7a29d545a4b2e4526e041a1d62~mv2.webp)
"I can honestly say that I would not be where I am now without yoga in my life"
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![Before yoga I was in a bad place and I thought the way to happiness was to feel wanted and desired](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_d0f9d9bde4cb432c94aea1a660dc4110~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_d0f9d9bde4cb432c94aea1a660dc4110~mv2.webp)
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...." .
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!["I had a heart attack at 23 after being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at 14"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_5ce6aae0ef834eaab8acd7ef1acebab1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_5ce6aae0ef834eaab8acd7ef1acebab1~mv2.webp)
"I had a heart attack at 23 after being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at 14"
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_5f7ff87c6ade454ca05c902f46562271~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a15d92_5f7ff87c6ade454ca05c902f46562271~mv2.webp)
![it turned out to be a Retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer almost only found in children](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_5f7ff87c6ade454ca05c902f46562271~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_5f7ff87c6ade454ca05c902f46562271~mv2.webp)
it turned out to be a Retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer almost only found in children
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!["Yoga has made me more compassionate & less judgmental not only to other people, but also to myself"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_42c65ca950fc4922be37b5b40873adf6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_42c65ca950fc4922be37b5b40873adf6~mv2.webp)
"Yoga has made me more compassionate & less judgmental not only to other people, but also to myself"
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!["Before Yoga, fear of vulnerability, judgement & ridicule, would have prevented me sharing my story](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_fcaed1ba48114798962d662804a99373~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_fcaed1ba48114798962d662804a99373~mv2.webp)
"Before Yoga, fear of vulnerability, judgement & ridicule, would have prevented me sharing my story
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![3 years into my Yoga journey I’ve gained self acceptance, honouring my body](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_f987d12e654644708b678b41a90db5f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_f987d12e654644708b678b41a90db5f0~mv2.webp)
3 years into my Yoga journey I’ve gained self acceptance, honouring my body
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![Yoga changed my life. It made me choose health](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a15d92_6065b01d0b74436cb09bdfd94f0863a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a15d92_6065b01d0b74436cb09bdfd94f0863a5~mv2.webp)
Yoga changed my life. It made me choose health