Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

Yoga as an Escape #yogateachertraining

29 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, a yoga teacher argues that yoga is not an escape from life but a practice that roots us more deeply. She explains that the Yoga Sutras contain tools for healing childhood trauma, describing the word 'sutra' as a thread that weaves together the self. While the sutras provide the therapeutic framework, the physical postures serve to loosen stored trauma, creating space for inner work. The speaker concludes by inviting viewers to join her online yoga teacher training and to follow her for more content.

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Yoga doesn't help us escape from life. It roots us further. The more I practice yoga, the more I found the tools for living. These are things that my life lacked because of trauma that I'd experienced as a child. Inside the Yoga Sutras that you'll find the answer. It's not in the yoga poses. Sutra means thread. It's the things that we thread together to make a whole, us. Postures just loosen up that trauma so that you have something to work on, which is fantastic, right? Open the mind. If you would like to share your love of yoga with others, check out my online yoga teacher training and light up the follow button so I see you in the next video.