Yoga journey

Yoga is a mind-body practice from India.

Yoga in more known these days, especially in the west, as a workout where you wear yoga pants and tops, do crazy headstands or poses. But yoga is much more then a brand.

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Yoga was created 5000 years ago, it holds the power of breath work and spiritual awareness.

I used to think like everyone else, yoga is just a calm workout, but when I started classes, I learned a lot of new stuff and it gave me a totally different perspective on practicing yoga.

First few classes became a war between my breathing and asanas (poses).

On my first class I noticed the huge amount of hidden stress inside me, the imbalance inside me as I started shaking while just sitting and breathing. Every part of my body pulsed as I noticed spots that hurt while resting.

As I started going more into it. I noticed the changes in my daily life. Straighter back, calmer breathing, energy but also tiredness that came out of nowhere. On my body I noticed a lot of random pimples that came out and how they disappear as the time passes. My body was detoxing inside out.

I became more aware of my breathing. My everyday life changed with thoughts of how I feel in the moment. Am I relaxed? Is my back straight? How can I make this situation less stressful? These questions came to me on daily bases.

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Communication and reactions also started to become different. I started to speak more calmly and stopped reacting to negativity. I felt this other world inside me that was bigger, like a refection of a clean energy inside my soul.

You will never know how you actually feel inside if you don't move your body. Any sport can make you see that, but yoga does it the best, making you feel every part of your body.

The best way to practice yoga and learn the proper way is classes. I tried many videos but going to class actually made me learn something, made me stay more consistent. That one hour was only mine and for myself only.

Yoga is a beautiful practice a human can give to themselves.

It is truly just a whole another world, teaching us about ancient traditions of the East and their slow way of living.

Living in the way of just simply loving idea of life and existing.