Transformation Through Yoga

When pain pushes you in the right direction

- Ashwini Shivaprasad

A year ago, my blood test results painted a grim picture. My hormone levels were through the roof, my anxiety was crippling, and I had lost so much weight that I barely recognized myself. I genuinely thought I was losing my mind. The past few years of my life had been a blur of doubt, fear, and confusion—unclear thoughts drowning me in uncertainty. No matter how hard I tried, I felt like I was sinking with no one left to save me.

People often ask me why I teach yoga. They call me crazy, insist I won't make any money, and look at me like I've lost my mind. But after everything I've been through since I was twenty-one, their words mean nothing. Because today, I have achieved the one thing I once believed was impossible - freedom. Freedom from my own mind. And I owe it all to The Yoga Institute.

There was a time when I relentlessly questioned the universe—why was I put on this earth to endure so much pain? Pain that left me doubting my reality, questioning the very fabric of existence. No answer I found satisfied me. I never felt like I belonged anywhere, as if I had already lived my life and was searching for something greater. The desires my friends chased meant nothing to me. I had only one - peace. And I knew that to find it, I had to turn inward.

So I did.