How did it All Begin

WHERE DID THIS ALL BEGIN:

To be fair, Ive always been a lover of movement. Any form of team or solo sport has been apart of my life for as long as I remember. For me, engaging with my body and its function is where I get lost in time. Suspended purely in the here and now. There is nothing more rewarding than knowing your limitations and then compassionately moving past them.

Growing up I believed I was going to be a high flying corporate and for the most part of my twenties, I was simply, a corporate minus the high flying bit.

Yoga was introduced to me in my late twenties and I resisted it with EVERYTHING. I even took up pilates, because Yoga was not an acceptable form of practice for ignorant lil me.

On a personal level, I had hit an all time low, I had quit the corporate world and had no idea or direction in which way life was going - so I started meditating, and only after a year, at the ripe age of 29, did i finally “cave” into the practice of Yoga.

And since then my life has changed. I traveled to India for Vipassana and completed my 200HR RYT in Rishikesh.

HOW DID YOGA MAKE AN IMPACT?

I’d say in my early twenties I was quite ‘philosophical’ & perhaps spiritual in the sense that I had Ram Dass & Eckhart Tolle as books I’d frequently refer to but the physical aspect of yoga was something I deemed ‘unworthy’.

I remember telling my teacher at the time “ I don’t feel like Yoga is enough, i always feel like I need to also go for a run, or do boxing or something” and his response, changed my life -

He said “ Well then Karina, you need to start being honest with the way you practice- if you feel it isn’t enough, where else in your life do you feel YOU aren’t enough?”

Since that day in 2016 - I stopped everything else and became dedicated to learning the 4 corners of my mat and more obscurely, learning more about myself.

This tool of self-reflection, requires dedication and commitment yet it has taught me compassion, and what it means to be truly human.

And to this day , every day - I look forward to again being a student, at the helm of exploration through body, mind and breath.

Karina x