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Nov 3, 20182 min read
As an adolescent, I was diagnosed and medicated for depression
"I sit in Lima, Peru as I write this, still pinching myself every day at how miraculous my life is. You see, yoga and my yoga community...
Nov 3, 20182 min read
Meet Melbourne yogini CJ sharing her story with us, showing how helping others starts with ourselves
"Sometimes as a Nurse & Paramedic I get home after a long shift, & if there's been a patient death or something, it gets to you. When I'm...
Nov 3, 20181 min read
"Yoga has been a huge positive has helped me physically, emotionally and spiritually"
Meet autoimmune warrior Jamie @nomadmantra sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us. These are her words 💚 . . "Let’s start at the...
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Meet international yoga teacher, Mary Haberski @yogasurflove
Her words resonate with us as we've always been concerned that #yogasavedmylife risks sending the message that we're holding yoga up as...
Oct 15, 20182 min read
"#yogasavedmylife bringing me out of depression, fear & coping with loss & cancer"
Meet Jen @iampixelated. This is her inspirational story ❤ "I found yoga through a back injury in 2010. Waking one morning, unable to...
Oct 15, 20182 min read
"Yoga became the ultimate key to help me find my peace, I now teach in prison to help others
"Yoga became the ultimate key to help me find my peace, I now teach in prison to help others find theirs. #yogasavedmylife Sometimes the...
Oct 8, 20181 min read
These are the words of @mikaila_nyc sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us
In January of 2000, after leaving a physically abusive relationship of 11 years I found myself with no choice but to look inward" ...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
"I can honestly say that I would not be where I am now without yoga in my life"
What do you do when you get your 1000th follower...? Of course, you DM them & say "Hey, you've no idea who I am ...but would you mind...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
Meet Anthropologist, Sanskritist @omkarlie sharing her #yogasavedmylife story to inspire others.
After struggling for a decade with a chronic blood disorder, migraines & depression, yoga gave me back to myself" . "Adolescent illness...
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Before yoga I was in a bad place and I thought the way to happiness was to feel wanted and desired
Before yoga I was in a bad place and I thought the way to happiness was to feel wanted and desired by others" Meet Genevieve, Vegan...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
"I was declared cancer free exactly five years ago today...." .
The inspirational Dani @healthywholeme wanted to share her #yogasavedmylife story today on the 5th anniversary of the day she got the...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
"I had a heart attack at 23 after being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at 14"
Meet Sheelah Chua from the Philippines: @hippie_healthnut Sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us ❤ "Having already spent years on...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
it turned out to be a Retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer almost only found in children
"I had my left eye removed as a baby after my parents noticed a strange dot on my pupil: it turned out to be a Retinoblastoma, a rare...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
"Yoga has made me more compassionate & less judgmental not only to other people, but also to myself"
Meet Guzel Mursalimova @yogawithguzel sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us to inspire others ❤ It was 2011 & I was accepted as an...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
"Before Yoga, fear of vulnerability, judgement & ridicule, would have prevented me sharing my story
Meet the unbelievably talented @aurorabowkett this is her #yogasavedmylife story she offered to share with us ❤ "Yoga came to me in a...
Oct 8, 20182 min read
3 years into my Yoga journey I’ve gained self acceptance, honouring my body
"Before Yoga I was a knot of energy. Self hate entwined with perfectionism, 3 years into my Yoga journey I’ve gained self acceptance,...
Oct 7, 20182 min read
Yoga changed my life. It made me choose health
"Sometimes as a Nurse & Paramedic I get home after a long shift, & if there's been a patient death or something, it gets to you. When I'm...
Oct 7, 20181 min read
"The phrase ' I bend so I don't break' really sums up everything about yoga for me"
Meet @shirl_loveyourself_yogini Sharing her #yogasavedmylife story with us to inspire others. These are her words " I turned to Yoga as...
Oct 7, 20181 min read
Three and a half years ago I recovered from severe ME
"Three and a half years ago I recovered from severe ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)" Meet Veronica Maurel...
Oct 7, 20182 min read
I was on a rollercoaster of depression & hyper vigilance
"Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of being a soldier. At 17, I enlisted, did the cool stuff: training, driving tanks, diving. No one ever...
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