Breathe, just breathe. This is not a typo, no this is real and full of emotion. But both you and I know that life changes with every single breath we take can you relate? Yoga will always be a huge part of my spiritual being as is the meditation practice I do every single day. You know me..I lived in my Yoga Pants! They became a part of my identity and a comfortable part of me. I had all designs and colors to match my bubbly personality. But as my body continues to change with having Turner Syndrome, I have had to learn to evolve and change with it. And I have had to do a lot more work with coming to terms with my fear.
When Yoga and meditation came into my life, I started to come alive. And as my practice grew I continued to learn so much about myself. Yoga is what taught me to accept what I couldn't change about myself and embrace it with strength and courage. But as life does, it threw another great challenge at me. With no warning I began going into Atrial Fibrillation which is a chronic heart disease.The electrical wiring from the brain to the heart gets all haywire and the heart starts beating at irregular rhythms working a lot harder than it should. This means hospital time!!
So after this settled it was a waiting game to see if it happened again, 80% of people will get it once and never happen again, 20% will then continue to get. Can you guess which one was I ? As life would have it It did happen again and again! I learnt very early on that my physical body had changed for ever. I continued my Yoga practice but the fear of elevating my heart rate was frightening! It was finding a balance of when it was enough. I saw my Practice begin to completely change.
THIS CHALLENGED ME TO MY CORE! I had no idea what to do with this...I didn't wan't things to change. My yoga was right where I wanted it to be. I wanted my body to be where it was. Can you relate to this happening in your life? So in true Kristi style I began some soul searching to find where to from here. I started to look deep into my spiritual knowledge of Yoga and found there were no boundaries with Yoga. It would be whatever I needed it to be. I redefined my practice and found a new comfortable for me. I started to see a new pathway form in front of my eyes. Have you ever had to do this too?
Do you agree this evolving and changing thing is constantly challenging us? ✋ I do.... My Yoga Pants will always be a part of me and my journey of finding who I was. So don't panic. I will sneak in a little photo in my Yoga pants from time to time 😉 I promise !! Don't be afraid of change. Use that fear to embrace it and all that is about to come. Life is unpredictable. If you love hearing my life stories and challenges for inspiration don't forget to subscribe for helping you to live a life you truly love.
Kristi Xx
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