When did you start practicing yoga?
We get this asked soooo many times!
Firstly let’s speak to Chantal…..
1) Q: When did you start practicing yoga?
A: This question always makes me stop and reflect for awhile because it was so long ago!
I used to be a real gym enthusiast and would go to the local gym a couple of times a week in my late teens and then continuing into my early to mid 20’s. As well as using the weight machines I would attend some of the cardio classes too. I got to a point when I started getting really bored with the gym and just didn’t get on with it anymore so I decided to try out a local yoga class when I was living in London.
To be honest it actually really freaked me out! Everyone to me seemed to be very bendy and knew what they were doing and I felt completely useless! I vowed never to try yoga again! Ha ha.
A few months later I was getting my hair cut and my hairdresser told me she had just completed her teacher training and why didn’t I come along. I told her about my previous experience and she assured me that she would give adaptions and modifications for postures that people couldn’t do and that the class was suitable for a newbie like me. And she was right. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and didn’t look back :-)))
So….going back to the original question….when did I start practicing yoga? About 30 years ago!