Yoga For Transformation
Many years ago, I saw an advertisement for a Kundalini yoga event that caught my attention. At the time, I didn’t practice Kundalini regularly, but I felt a nudge from my soul to say yes.
The commitment was 40 days. The wake-up time was 4:30 AM. And I was not in a good place. I didn’t know if I could commit to that. I wanted to—but I wasn’t sure. I was in an unhealthy relationship and I didn’t have the strength to leave. I was drinking daily and using speed to suppress fear, hopelessness, and grief.
Still, I signed up.
I didn’t do it perfectly. I missed many days, as you can imagine. But I went enough times to feel something shift. I can still remember some of those mornings as if they were yesterday. There were moments in that class when I could feel my soul talking to me.
One morning stands out. I felt love rise up in me—so powerfully, so tenderly—that I cried for a long time. I was longing to feel loved. And at that point in my life, I wasn’t loving myself.
That was a turning point.
That program changed my life for the better.
Not instantly. Not all at once.
But I began to change.
Yoga isn’t about being perfect; it’s about showing up for yourself, even on the hardest days.
As many of you know, I am sober now. In healthy relationships.
With the self-esteem to walk away from things that aren’t good for me.
This week, someone came into my class and apologized for not being in a good mood.
He said he thought he needed to be in a good mood to come to yoga.
I told him I disagreed. That’s not what yoga asks of you.
Come exactly as you are. No mask. No mood requirements. Just a willingness to let something shift inside you.
That’s all it takes: A heart wide open for a transformation.
xo,
Diana
