The Transformation is Within

2015

When I shared the 1st picture(pic was taken while i was hiking 3 years back) above yesterday in fb, many friends and students messaged me admiring the transformation in my asana , flexibility and my physical transformation. And asked me what did I do to get all these results in 3years?
My answer was, the greater transformation that happened is not physically, but within.  When the picture was taken 3 years back, I was totally broken and was working hard to collect the shattered pieces together. The hidden hands of God showed me the solution to my cries, heart break and depression through Yoga. Yoga was and is my only pill for everything. I started practicing Yoga everywhere, anywhere, all the time; work and home religiously.  Just like hiking, Yoga isn’t an easy path. But I had all my faith in it; my mat knows my sweat and how hard  I struggled to touch my toes. I gave up many things that I liked for my practice because I know that the result will worth far more than what I gave up.
Yoga has taught me to be grateful towards everything that I have, my toes, my palms, my inflexibility, all the struggles I have gone through. I stopped complaining and started appreciating every single small thing in my life. Yoga has taught me the real meaning of dharma,seva, selflessness and what love is all about. Yoga has taught me to look at life in a totally different perspective. Yoga is my shield.
What others see maybe the physical transformation and asanas, but like what my master SK Durai has always reminded me ” Yoga is never physical; Yoga is all about transforming an ordinary man to an extra ordinary man.”
Every day I pray to the Universe that everyone gets as lucky as me and gets the opportunity to practice Yoga. I try my best to inspire others to walk into this path. And I try to inspire others through my practice, practice and practice alone. I have long way to go in my personal practice. And I have big dream of making Yoga as part of everyone’s life. Let’s practice Yoga and experience our whole new beautiful life.
2nd and 3rd pics-Me happily, now.

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Om
Anuradha Engira Abyrami
14.03.2019