A New Person in 4 Months!

by Mel Auret
(London, UK)

Me this Christmas!

Hi there,

Reading this article it suddenly struck me how my life has changed since beginning Yoga. Previously (over the last couple of years) I went running a couple of times per week and hit the gym a few times but never felt I really worked hard enough and sometimes I skipped days when it was raining or I just didn't feel like it!

I worked in an extremely stressful job for up to 15 hours per day managing a business centre and it reached the point where I felt utterly exhausted and was battling stress related illnesses. I couldn't sleep, was fretting until the early hours of the morning and was constantly tense and snapped at everyone. I was even too exhausted to cook proper food or look after myself so my looks suffered. I yo-yo'd up and down in weight and I looked grey and ill.

Then my boyfriend noticed a yoga studio round the corner from us and suggested we go together one evening to help with the tension I had built up during another stressful day. Believing that yoga was a bit of a 'wimpy' girls thing for hippies, I begrudgingly agreed to try it (totally not thinking it would do anything for me at all).

Well, 90 minutes later I left the yoga studio, dripping sweat, red in the face but calm, stretched, totally relaxed and with a MASSIVE smile on my face! I was officially hooked!

I now go to the studio at least 4-5 times per week. I found the confidence in myself to quit my job and go back to college as a mature student to retrain for a career in naturopathy and herbal medicine, a long-held passion of mine. I feel calm, centred, happy and love everything about my life. I absolutely believe 100% that yoga gave me back my life and gave me the strength, fitness, stamina and mental calm to change my life into the one I wanted. Oh, and my weight is now stable and my skin is so much better!

I also work from home in a business that aligns with my goals and values and have set up my own website, like yourself, to help others the way I have been helped.

Keep up the great work, I have found your site informative, excellently put together and inspirational!

Namaste,

Mel Auret