Yoga nidra came into my life at a time that I needed it but didn’t
know.
As I have often found when I look back on my life it has
always been guided by an invisible force. I was in the first year of my BWT teacher training
and feeling very unsure about yoga and the course and then many things happened
at once, my daughter ,aged 6, suddenly developed epilepsy, my mum was diagnosed
with breast cancer and our house was falling down (literally, due to heave)
I was overwhelmed. As a result of my daughters unpredictable
condition I needed to be contactable at any time by the school and at my
current yoga class my mobile phone didn’t receive a signal, so I began to look
for another class. Six months previous to this I had started teaching yoga at a
sports centre, the lady who showed me around told me all about her Aunt who
taught nearby and for some reason I remembered this and sought her out. It
turned out that she had moved just up the road from me and when I called and
explained my situation she said “you need yoga nidra” and I did.
These events led me not only to yoga nidra but also to the
wonderful tradition of Satyananda Yoga, I immediately knew that I had found the
yoga I had been looking for and that I must continue with my teacher training.
I practised yoga nidra weekly in class and also in between
classes, it was the balm I needed to soothe my frazzled nerves and to help me
keep perspective on my current situation.
I have taught yoga for over 6 years now and it has been an
enormous joy and privilege, also I have recently completed the Yoga Nidra
course so that I can continue to teach this amazingly transformational practice,
and, I have come to recognise that invisible
force that has been guiding me as Guru.
Oms
Ishwari
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