Badassery Magazine November 2017 Issue 18 | Page 30

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ter image and I felt light. This is
what I needed. If yoga did every-
thing that this incredible women
said it could do this is something
I wanted in my life.
I started with online videos,
after a year I signed up for a 200
hr teacher training and here I
am. 4 years later; a teacher but
always a student of yoga but with
so much more growth, peace,
and a closeness to the divine (and
the ability to touch my toes.)
As a full time wedding and
portrait photographer and yoga
ambassador I feel confident in
calling myself a boss babe and it
is rough; on your body and mind.
Being self employed can be
nuclear on your physical, mental
and emotional wellbeing. Yoga
is my outlet to find peace, focus,
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inspiration, and energy to be
successful. By starting yoga and
trying to develop a daily medita-
tion practice, I find myself truly
being with my wedding clients;
laughing and crying with them
during photoshoots and ceremo-
nies, really listening to them as
they share their love story and
feeling the joy that radiates from
their hearts. Yoga and medita-
tion has changed my business
because it’s changed my heart.
One of my close friends said it
best; we were connecting over
the emotions and feelings of
losing a sibling - hers to sui-
cide, and mine to an automobile
accident. Although they died
in different circumstances they
died before their time with a full
life still to live. We were discuss-
ing the emotions, sorrow, and
overwhelming grief that comes
with the death of a loved one.
I mentioned how my brother’s
death had broke my heart and I
felt it could never be fully mend-
ed (similar to a scar being left
after a gash on your arm so does
the death of a loved one on your
heart.) My friend said “Yes, I
feel my heart was broken but it
was broken open; open to a new
life with more meaning, pur-
pose, and love.” How beautiful,
poetic, and simple. Our hearts
can break but we choose if they
break apart or break open. I feel
yoga has helped heal my heart by
breaking it open to new possibil-
ities and happiness.
Have you ever felt or said this to
yourself?
-I have no idea what to do to be
more successful? Make more
money? Get more followers?
- I feel like I’m worthless and