So grateful to @fierce_calm for featuring my story of yoga and for all the incredible work they do❤️ .
At 17 struggle was all I knew. Life hadn’t shown me much kindness or compassion. It had become a constant stream of pain. I managed to hold it together. I needed to for my son. Like a broken windshield one stone away from being shattered. A childhood riddled with dysfunction & sexual abuse left scars on my psyche & tainted what I now know, is the most valuable asset —my self-worth
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My name is @debbiedixon222 & this is my #yogasavedmylife story, although I also owe my life to an unlikely source— @madonna . As a child of the eighties, she was everything I wanted to be: strong, confident, beautiful & she did yoga. So, I decided I should do yoga too
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My 1st experience on the mat was Traditional Ashtanga, 23 years ago & I can say that was the day I stepped onto my Path to Freedom. My teacher had warned me that yoga had side effects she said, “Yoga will heal your body & your life & you won’t be able eat McDonald’s anymore.” I had no idea just how prophetic that statement was
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Having spent most of my life in survival mode, self-medicating just to make it through the day with drugs, alcohol. Anxiety & panic attacks were a part of life
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But, through yoga, I found myself. Yoga forced me to sit with myself. To find comfort in discomfort. To rely on my breath to get me through. The mantra "This too shall pass." would sometimes be the only thing that got me through. I found peace with myself & my circumstances. I tuned into the blessings in my life & started to change my story from victim to the person who overcame
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It wasn’t overnight. I but then, as if I had spent my whole life sitting in a dark room unaware that light even existed yoga turned on a light within me. About 12 years ago I realized how many other people were just like me. Stuck in the dark. I made it my life goal to shine the light of yoga & healing on as many people as I could
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Now I am the Author of “The Path to Freedom Your guide to living the life of your dreams,” a Life Coach, inspirational speaker & Yoga teacher. I guide people to their own self-discovery through yoga & meditation. ❤️
“As the legend has it.. When the Phoenix resurrects from the flames, she is even more beautiful than before”
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Two friends, Steve and John, go rock climbing. Two feet before the summit John slips and free falls. 🏔 “John, are you ok?” Steve shouts
“Yes” replies John in an echo.
“Do you need help?”
“Yes, but not yet.”
“Can you get out of there?”
“Yes, but not yet.”
“Why not yet?”
“I’m still falling; I haven’t hit the bottom yet.”
That is a joke and as funny as it could be, it’s also a true story out of our lives. Many times when we are in difficulty, find it hard to pick up ourselves because those challenges feel like a wave that you can’t fight until you hit the sea floor. 🌊
There is only one thing in this world that has no solution; that something is death. For everything else, you always have many ways to rise and overcome whatever stands in your path.
Like the Phoenix rising from its ashes, no matter how often you hit bottom, stand up, dust yourself off, and march forward. 🚶♀️ Life sometimes feels like a rollercoaster… and not always the safest one. However, that’s one of the things that make life beautiful, spicing things up, challenging us to make changes, to improve ourselves, to be better tomorrow than we are today.
Fear not hitting rock bottom, do fear getting comfortable being there.
If you’re wondering how come people wait to get to the lowest point possible before making the change? Think of John from the joke. No matter how much he wants to get out of the crevasse, as long as he is falling, he can do little to nothing to get out of the situation. The gravity and speed are against him.
So, don’t blame yourself for not finding strength and power to pick yourself up as soon as you notice you’re in trouble.
On the other hand, don’t get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Article by www.upjourney.com
#truth #bethephoenix #nevergiveup #rise #youareamazing
