| As I watched through the glass windows at the | | | | My Chiropractor once told me that I had to |
| gym I saw what some would describe as | | | | posture of a 60-year-old woman. Now I won't |
| impossible poses. I am not a flexible person by | | | | deny that that did not sting a little, but the truth |
| nature and at the time I was not very strong | | | | hurts and he was right. My posture was horrible! |
| physically either. Still, I was very curious about | | | | At this same time I enrolled in the yoga teacher |
| yoga, but perhaps a little intimidated about trying | | | | training and started to learn more in-depth the |
| something that seemed, to me, to not fit a | | | | correct alignment for each pose. Slowly I started |
| person that was weak and inflexible. | | | | to see an improvement with my posture. I was |
| My Sister In-law became an instructor a little while | | | | still seeing the Chiropractor, but I was amazed at |
| after that and convinced me as well as some | | | | how much my yoga practice was helping me |
| friends to hold a small private group class for her | | | | correct this horrible state that back was in. |
| to teach. It was such a great experience! I was | | | | While in the teacher training program we were |
| still inflexible & weak, but after the class was | | | | also challenged to improve our yoga practice by |
| over I felt great. I was full of energy, and yes I | | | | taking the time to sit in a relaxation asana and to |
| admit I was sore for a day or two after the | | | | start to process of meditating. My instructors |
| class, but how was I going to get strong without | | | | challenged us that when we were having a rough |
| first becoming sore? | | | | day to take the time to sit down, even for a few |
| I stuck with the private group session and soon I | | | | minutes, to start reflecting on what had happened |
| could see my own improvement. I was stronger, | | | | throughout the day. Reflect upon our reactions to |
| I was slowly gaining flexibility, and perhaps the | | | | different events and to ponder on how our day |
| most important thing to me was that I started to | | | | could improve. It was enlightening to see how my |
| feel a sense of accomplishment. Of course I | | | | day improved, if only a little bit, with the time that |
| wasn't the best student or the most flexible, but | | | | I spent in the relaxation pose of my choice. |
| that didn't matter to me. Each class I became | | | | Everything wasn't magically better, but it gave me |
| more determined to improve for myself. | | | | new strength to try to improve my day by |
| After I had been doing yoga for a few years I | | | | starting with the only thing that I can control, |
| started seeing a Chiropractor to try to correct | | | | myself. |
| my posture as well as to relieve some back pain. | | | | |