Time and again, yoga has saved my life. I spent years repairing my health—my gut health, my mental health and my physical body. Movement became a vital part of the healing process. I believe that healing the body also requires us to look inward, and so I spent years processing childhood traumas and unlearning negative conditioning from my past through therapy.

From a young age I did ballet, modern, Indian folk dance, and later flamenco. At university I began to take vinyasa yoga classes, but shortly after graduating, I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in my right tibia. I underwent chemotherapy and radiation for about a year, and during that time I was mostly confined to my bed. I practiced meditating, and as soon as I had the strength to move, I returned to yoga. Due to permanent damage to my tibia, I could not return to dance.

I grew up in a society and family that had certain expectations of me, so I completed my Master’s, and then my PhD in political philosophy, where much of what I did was analyse all that was wrong with the world. I spent several years working in front of the computer while struggling with the after effects of chemotherapy and stored traumas.

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from yoga is to let go of the identity and the ego. It was precisely when I consciously let go of the person that I thought I had to be, and live in tune with my true self, that I began to heal. I want to share this wisdom with you, and help you to shed the ego self, heal, and become the best version of you!

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