"yoga provokes in us a deep transformation"

When I was little my parents took me to a couple of yoga lessons, I still remember them but it was only until few months ago that I connected the images to the practice.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine invited me to practice yoga with her, after a couple sessions she beautifully draw me the sequence of the sun salutation and I was on my on to keep the practice. When I felt it was not enough I went on a search for "my" type of yoga. 

There are so many styles and teachers and from the very beginning I felt that finding the yoga style that  was fit for me was like finding "my" GP or therapist...It is, at least for me, a very personal choice.

I feel that it had to be someone I trusted and in a style that suited my body and my rhythm. In my search I ended up finding great teachers that thought me a lot and got acquainted  with several yoga styles or methods.

One of those, and the one that inspired me to deepen my practice was Sivananda hata yoga. I had a wonderful and inspiring teacher and trough her classes I became more and more engaged with yoga both physically and spiritually.

Yoga had already been part of my life for five or so years but after I started Sivananda I feel that my practice progressed and I allowed my self to go to the next level. 

Yoga is something that inspires me everyday either it being in my own practice or the practice with my students. 

Yoga changed my life and continues to do it. It inspires me to be a better person and to share what I have learned with others.

"You alone are the author of your future- experience teaches you that. Your behavior is not an unchangeable law of nature. At every moment, you have the opportunity to change- to alter your thoughts, your speech, your actions. If you train yourself to be mindful of what you do, and ask yourself whether it is likely to lead to positive results or negative, you'll be guiding yourself in the right direction. Repeated good intentions can generate a powerful inner voice that will keep you on track. It will remind you- whenever you trap yourself in a cycle of unhappiness- that you can get out of that trap. Periodically you will have glimpses of what it is to like to be free. You make this vision a reality by acting in positive ways and letting go of misery."

 in Eight mindful steps to happiness: walking the buddha's path
by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana