One positive change

Describe one positive change you have made in your life.

The positive change I made kind of snuck up on me. I tried out yoga on a promotional challenge. You just had to attend yoga thirty times in thirty days and you would get a cute tank top and a discount on a future monthly membership. I’m a sucker for a free shirt, also I was curious.

Up until then, I didn’t think much of yoga. I did ‘real’ exercise. I didn’t have time for stretching. It seemed a little silly to me and besides, there was a weird religious thing I didn’t know about. People always assumed I was a yoga person which annoyed me. I was an Artist, not a yoga person. I had had enough of religious preconceptions and judgement in my life, so I just steered right past yoga until that one random day. We were there for juice. They had a great juice bar on top of the yoga. G had found it. When I heard about the deal, it sounded too good to pass up. I love a challenge and I wanted the shirt, so I signed

Thirty days and thirty dollars later. I had a new group of friends, new yoga pants, and a new obsession. (also a cute new tank top)

I would have expected it to have run its course by now, but I never looked back. Two months in I quit the gym and have been doing yoga ever since.

It’s not religious. It can be great exercise and it has changed how I approach my life. I deal with stress differently. I gained some body awareness that I never had, I have better balance and flexibility and muscle strength . There’s also the conscious breathing thing. Yoga has been a very positive change for me.