We all carry within us traumas, thoughts that haunt us over the years and wear us down. We feel trapped in a kind of stagnation that is actually created by patterns that repeat endlessly. The conditioning of our minds is often at the root of these blockages. A few years ago, I went through a period of meaninglessness, doubt, and profound self-questioning.

 

After several years of wandering, I no longer recognized myself; I no longer knew where I stood, who I was, or what I wanted for my life. At that time, I felt the need to declutter my life, to break free from my chains, and to extricate myself from my fears and anxieties. I felt particularly suffocated by violence: the violence that surrounded me, the violence I endured, but also the violence I inflicted upon myself.

 

That's when I started practicing yoga.

 

I had always thought yoga wasn't for me. I needed action so badly...So I started my practice with Ashtanga, a very engaging, physical, and structured practice. I was immediately immersed in a discipline that challenged my body and mind. Session after session, I could see how my body and mind were releasing tension, letting go, and not without difficulty, only to recharge afterward. I maintained a regular and devoted practice.

Then, slowly, after several months, through the repetition and holding of the postures, I felt an alignment taking place within me, as if something was shifting, opening up in a general slowing down. I felt joy and clarity returning to my being, a more peaceful energy. I was, in fact, accepting the loss of control in order to follow my intuition.

 

I gradually managed to move away from the discipline of Ashtanga practice to develop a practice better suited to my own needs. My yoga became gentler, slower, more meditative, and ultimately much deeper and more radiant because it was more attuned to my own rhythm and my sensory and physical state.

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I no longer plan anything at all; I listen, I feel, and I act. It is always by following one's intuition that one evolves through life, and not by listening to our thoughts dictate what is right or wrong, what should or shouldn't be done, what might happen if... We never move forward properly through assumptions. It is what we carry within us that we must seek. Yoga allows for this introspection and thus develops greater clarity in our connection to the inner and outer worlds.

It was through yoga that the answers came of their own accord. They were, in fact, already within me, but deeply hidden.

The integration of yoga opened my eyes, my body, and my soul. It allowed me to confront my fears and anxieties and find peace within myself, enabling me to be more present to myself and the world in every moment, in every situation. My sensitivity expanded, and I began to observe the signs along the way more attentively. I allowed myself to be carried along peacefully and confidently on my path.

Something seemed to be pushing me to leave, to leave everything behind so I could move forward more effectively. That's how I decided to move abroad. This decision wasn't a response to a desire to escape, but rather a response to an inner calling, the call of my soul, which was guiding me on this path.

 

When I left France, I immediately thought of India, once again. Upon arriving, the path immediately opened up; destiny was waiting for me. 

I opened my first guesthouse. Although I still practice yoga, I didn't want to become a teacher; I had no intention of doing so, but everything seemed to be leading me in that direction. So I trained and then transformed the guesthouse into a meditation and yoga center. I then took the experience further up into the mountains, to Dharamshala and now in Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India. 

Yoga has become part of my life, just as my life has become part of it. It has become inseparable from my daily life, intrinsic to my existence. Every day, the practice accompanies me and helps me grow a little more. I continue to learn every day by transmitting to others and deepening my studies.

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