From my experience, yoga helped me to find the stillness within me. The stillness, quietness of my mind where my perception is clear and not coloured by my thoughts, emotions or feelings. That doesn’t mean I stop thinking–because that’s how my mind works through thinking, but I get a different approach to my thoughts, emotions and feelings. I almost step back and watch them.

During our life, we gather all the data like a computer on how to live in this society. We are being programmed on what is right and what is wrong. What does it mean to be a man or a woman, what does it mean to be a good employee or a bad employee, and what does it mean to be a mother or a father for some of you. And in the 21st century, we are being bombarded with information every day and we get to information overload.

Do you have moments when you feel you are on the edge and you feel if someone tells you something more, you will explode? It’s because we are identifying ourselves with those concepts, thoughts and emotions and our life becomes chaotic.
Very often I feel like there is a tornado inside of my head, and yoga allows me to stay still in the middle of that chaos. Allows me to find the eye of the tornado, the still point where you can see everything flying around you and yet you are not affected. And that’s the freedom. You act and not react to the external world, and your perception of life is changing. And you feel happy and fulfilled. And isn’t that what we are all aiming for?

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A couple of weeks ago, when we had the unexpected summer explosion, we were sitting in the garden with my friend, drinking tea and chatting as you do in the UK ? And something incredible happen. A little Robin sat on my lap and stayed there looking at me. He was constantly moving but his eyes were drilling me through. I was hypnotised. I stopped breathing and time ceased to exist… Those few brief moments seemed like a very long time. But in reality, they were just seconds. And just for a while, I felt this incredible connection and overwhelming joy. I smiled, I couldn’t stop smiling. For a few weeks my mind was distracted by worries about finances, constant price rises and how will I be able to sustain what I do. I was more and more moving away from my stillness. And in this one moment, everything went quiet. It was just me and Robin. It was probably a coincidence, but at that moment it felt like it was a sign from the Universe, telling me everything will be ok, just keep going… And just when I took a breath and told my friend to take a photo, Robin flew away. The connection has ended.
What’s the moral of the story? Whatever you take from this. But I sometimes think our life is like that perfect moment. But we get distracted, we don’t notice it at all, the beauty of the present moment. And instead of thinking about taking a photo or video, posting it on Facebook or Instagram, relaxing into it and enjoying would be a much better solution. Life happens in front of our eyes, how often do we see it? And yoga is here to help us connect again. Well, at least for me, that’s my experience.

I don’t know about you, but I have this tendency to always wait for “someday”. My most common saying is – I will start on Monday! I will stop eating sugar on Monday. I will start swimming on Monday. I will eat healthy from Monday… But what if Monday doesn’t come?

I had a really hard time with giving my full-time job and becoming a yoga teacher. There was never the right time. Then I decided I will do it when I get pregnant and I will work around the child. After 6 years of trying for a baby, I realised that it may not happen. And if I died, I would regret not trying at least to do what I love.

And that’s why I encourage you to start today. To start now. You can change your life every second. Because every second of your life might be a new beginning.

So start writing this story you always wanted to write, pick up the pen, open the laptop. Start painting, start creating, start sharing with the world your most unique gifts. Before it’s too late. And before you regret that you have not done something you always wanted.

There is no “someday”. There is only NOW.