MY YOGA JOURNEY

 

 

I was always an ‘A’ grade student since my school days. Even in boards i.e SSC and HSC I had scored very well and got my college admission in one of the top colleges of Mumbai. But somehow, my grades started started falling down in my graduation years. Initially, I thought it might be due to pressure as I was also pursuing CA along with my graduation. But unfortunately, I couldn’t clear the entrance exam itself despite giving it twice. I then switched to pursuing CS from CA. By God’s grace I cleared its entrance exam in one shot but got stuck at level 2 even after multiple trials. The pressure of clearing the exams, pressure from family, seeing friends doing well in their lives, fear of failure, low self confidence all started building up within me. While preparing for CS exams, I also gave entrance exam of LAW which I cleared scoring average marks. But something didn’t feel right. After giving a lot of thought and doing calculations towards my studies, my career, years left before marriage, my goals I decided to quit CS as well as Law.

 

   I went on trip just to clear my head and to think what I really wanted to do with my life. After returning back, I spoke to several people, went for career counselling, staying in joint family took advice from all my family members and somehow I just decided, I don’t want to continue with studies and until then I had built up so much anger, frustration and hatred towards self. I joined One Month TTC at The Yoga Institute to get back on track in life with wider perspective. After making friends and  listening to their stories, it made me feel like I have not gone through as much as they have and yet I had given up on self whilst they were trying their best to live up to fullest. That one month itself taught me so much, that I already started seeing few changes in me. After the completion of course I stayed focus to complete my graduation but I din’t stop practicing yoga. I had joined some classes in my area near-by as it kept giving me some kind of positive energy from within.

 

   Later, I joined Seven Months TTC, as I was eager to go in-depth for learning yoga. With the help of uniquely designed syllabus and subjects, teaching my our gurus and blessings of Hansa Maa, I was able to understand myself in such a way which I never thought was possible earlier. I am so grateful to The Yoga Institute for showing me the path, different from my past years but absolutely connected to me. It feels like I was always meant to be here and my past was just a way to lead me here where I am now. Yoga is so much more than just asanas and pranayama, is the biggest teaching I learned in The Institute. After understanding this, I look at the world and people in it with all together a different perspective. The feeling is like suddenly you can see things clearly in its true and real form without wearing spectacles.

 

   Ever since I started practicing yoga, I have been a regular student and a practitioner of it and it has bought many good changes in me, which have been observed by others as well as me. I will always be in touch and connected with The Yoga Institute as a token of ‘Thank You’ for giving me the real meaning of life. I really wish to inspire as many people as I can by showing them the right path to real living and try making them understand things and situations by what I have learned through my experiences because yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

 

“Yoga does not just change the way we see things,

It transforms the person who sees.”

-B.K.S Iyengar