HOW YOGA CHANGED ME
How Yoga Changed Me
An Older Yogini in
Indy’s Modern Yoga Studios
A cascade of
feelings overtook
me as I entered
the hot, darkened
studio for my first
yoga class in a
long, long time. I
was anxious. I
was vulnerable.
I was feeling
inadequate. After
all, I used to be
'the yoga teacher.'
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By Anne Alderfer
I first came across yoga, while participating in a weekend immersion program in a Kundalini ashram in Boston
while attending a university there in the
late 70’s. It was a lazy student’s alternative, to not having to take a final exam
in Eastern Studies. Just spend a weekend in an ashram, write a short paper…
and hopefully ace the class. How painful
could that be?
into the study and teaching of the Nobel
Eightfold Path of Buddhism. Eventually, the dawning of teacher certification
emerged, so I fell in line and got my 200
RYT. My inner quest continued, leading me to my current spiritual teacher
and meditative practice. Eventually, my
meditation practice took precedence
over my yoga practice. I was more
drawn within, than to my mat.
However, I was not prepared