2011-07-16

How I Came to Yoga


We all come to yoga for an assorted range of reasons and motivations. We all seek it out consciously or unconsciously from a list of experiences and even problems. But nevertheless, somehow Yoga becomes very important. For myself it became so important that my whole life has revolved around it. Sometimes too the past behaviour, ideas or understandings that one had is surprising; if not completely 'off'. I don't think that showing up in a fur coat to my first yoga class 20 years ago says too much about my understanding of things. In fact, it speaks to the reverse.

What's more interesting, however, is that the journey is never as straightforward, clean-cut or as solid as it may appear. More often than not it is filled with twists, turns, difficulties, resistances and struggles.

I share a bit of this in a recent article that was just featured on MY LIFE YOGA.

~ Enjoy!

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Heather Morton
is part of a select group of people certified in AtmaVikasa Yoga. She is the first Western student to be certified in both the 1st and 2nd series of the AtmaVikasa system. Having made 13 extended trips to India, she studies with her teachers annually. In 1997, she founded The Yoga Way (TYW), Toronto's only school for yoga programs. Heather developed the 6-week programs to provide smaller and progressive classes. She holds a Masters of Education from York University with a thesis on yoga in the Indian school system. She has produced a CD on meditation, DVDs on the backbends of yoga and podcasts for practice. TYW holds karma classes, workshops, programs and private sessions. Heather has been featured in the Toronto Life Magazine and various print as well as on-line articles.
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