KAYLEIGH

“When I first started practicing a lot of yoga, I otherwise existed completely apart from my body to the point of abuse. I was using drugs and alcohol, eating poorly, overworking myself. I used to leave yoga and smoke a cigarette as if I was leaving a particularly difficult therapy session. But that’s really what it was. Yoga is a mirror that shows me how I am – even when I don’t want to look. Yoga helped me stop abusing substances, it gave me the clarity to leave a negative relationship and it offered me a mental home within which to digest it all. Now yoga helps me deal with issues large and small – from the death of a family member to waiting in line at the grocery store. It’s brought me to a more clear, honest space from which I can experience it all.”