First of all, I want to thank the Yoga Vidya team for all their work and efforts to share world wide the precious knowledge of Yoga.
As the title says I'm just a beginner, so there's not much I can tell about the practice, but I really want to share what I learned so far, starting with the fact that I'm really happy to have Yoga in my life.
It all began like 5 years ago, when I enter the Art University at Xalapa Veracruz, it was a clean start, meeting new people, new places, new situations.
As I advanced in my career, a whole new world of questions got into my head, I was experiencing life through art (I do painting and drawing), I was required to be a lot more perceptive to be a better artist, what I mean is that I had to learn to see things more deeply, to see every detail in every thing, to recognize the difference in all the things that exist, that there is no leaf equal to other leaf even when coming from the same tree.
As I was amazed by the beauty of life, insects, animals, plants, human beings, there was a part of me that was constantly asking questions. These questions guide me through a way I never planed to walk, not because I did not wanted to, but because I just never knew about it (more likely, I got the wrong idea), about the spiritual way.
Every day we are part of a world that unconsciously looses its spiritual practice, every one knows how to spell "love" but only a few knows how to love.
I started to wake up every day asking my self "how can I do things right?", a question which answer is not easy to reach, because our hearts get tested every second, because it is difficult to see the truth without a guide, because if too many people do the same thing it does not mean it is right.
Quickly my life changed, I became a vegetarian (for 3 years now) I found many reasons why and I feel it is correct, and the past year... I found yoga.
I used to jog or even lift some weight at the GYM, but I felt something weird (specially with the GYM practices) with my body, it was like it did not feel comfortable with that kind of exercise, so I start looking for something that suited me better, and then I saw this podcast from Yoga Vidya, it was a beginner's practice video, I try to follow the practice and when I finish I was feeling so well, so good. I felt like my body was saying "This is what I was asking for, thank you".
Today I enjoy so much practicing, thanks to the tutorials I have learned many things; my body feels stronger, my will feels stronger, and the most beautiful thing about all this, is that during the practices I can feel something inside me, like I can see my true self, in every breath I feel the life that my body has on its own.
Yoga in addition to the many changes I made in my life, is helping me answering those daily questions. And now I'm happy to have the opportunity to learn from all of you. I'll work hard to share this with my family, friends and everyone.
Once more, thanks to the Yoga Vidya team and community.
Lets not talk about love, lets love.
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