My yoga experience has been more about healing my mind and spirit than my body. I began yoga last summer to gear up to do Yoga Teacher Training. I knew I wanted to learn more and heal. I knew that yoga was an avenue to get in touch with myself. I lost my mother at a young age, and have a disabled Vietnam Vet for a father. Being an only child, I suffered a lot of trauma as both my parents were addicts. They were/are also beautiful, kind souls. Since doing yoga, I have been able to recognize my anxiety, fear, and patterns with awareness of my body and breath. I have just become more aware, more in-tune with myself.This journey is about my mind as much as it is about my body. Yoga is not just about asana. It is about my breath, my mind, and merging all that I am. This includes uncovering trauma and mental habits. Yoga means union, which I suppose is what I was looking for to begin with: to pick up the pieces that were lost in my parents, my lack of family, and bring myself together. I wanted to become whole, and aware. Layers have been, and are being, shed. I see myself and others better, in a new light. Yoga brings me into the present moment and gives me a way to really listen to myself.I am at the beginning of my journey, and can’t wait to uncover more about myself, and the world through the practice of yoga.Namaste