Yoga

RYT 200

Yoga Instructor at CorePower Yoga and outdoor donation-based classes.

Yoga Journey:

I completed my 200-hour power yoga certification through CorePower Yoga in summer 2018. Over the course of my training, I learned the fundamentals of prana, asana, and yoga philosophy. I’m trained in vinyasa flow and always open to learning more.

My yoga “why”: 

Mindfulness is something I’ve struggled with for most of my life. I’ve been a glorified overthinker and dweller with a chronic fear of letting go and releasing control. Couple these qualities with a focus on everything except the moment at hand, and you can begin to see where yoga fell into my life. Fast forward to my first year in college. My roommate invited me to a class at a small, dark studio in Berkeley. The next year, I signed up for a class through the school. I started to get it. One more year later, I started at CorePower. I found myself in candle-lit, Nag Champa filled rooms, building relationships with teachers and students and learning to grow.

I go through life with a couple unwavering beliefs. One, everything happens for a reason. The Universe or whichever god you pray to is protecting you at all times. Two, the secret to life is balance. Balancing the present moment with the past and the future, balancing work and life, balancing your upper body and back leg in airplane pose without dumping into your hip. Yoga has helped me shape my perspective, in the simplest and most complicated ways. I’m fascinated by my own personal growth and transformations, and yoga has kept me in a place of reflection. It’s enabled me to understand my body and my feelings at the most basic levels. I’ve cried in savasana, I’ve laughed out loud in savasana. I’ve stuck with yoga through trying times and happy ones. My mat has become kind of a home base, that I return to regardless of the circumstances around me. My practice has been a stable reminder of growth at my own pace. I haven’t completely shed the detail-oriented overthinker in me, but I have learned to step outside of my own box. One of my friends described it pretty succinctly. I can spend so much time looking at the detail on a leaf, I neglect to look at the forest above. This practice has taught me to do both.

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