KATIE HURST

The way I would describe my life today is much different then how I would have described it four months ago. Four months ago I was just another heroin addict in rehab. I was addicted to heroin for about six years of my life and had come to a place in my disease where I was sick, spent, miserable and so tired of running. This was a place of complete spiritual void, disconnected from others and life. Within a few days in treatment I realized the blessing that treatment got me clean, I wasn't using, but now what?? Around this time Brooke and Indigo came into the center and into my life. I was so inspired that the staff would come in and volunteer to help those in need. I was immediately attracted to yoga, the staff and Brooke all had a sense of peace and love that I envied. I loved the class and would look forward to it all week. I was hooked... I loved that I was reaching straight up in mountain pose, reaching for something greater then myself and appreciating it. I loved the way they would describe facing my palms up as an invitation for this greatness to enter your heart. I began to look at the practice and realized that that's exactly what yoga is to me, a way to practice a certain way of life. Today I try to carry this way of peace and love with me wherever I go. I tell whoever will listen to try it, try yoga! If you feel like you are searching for something, you may not even know what "it" is, try yoga. My experience started with, well why not I have nothing to loose...and this helped me realize how much I had to gain. It was the face of love and peace. It was yoga for me. Whatever it maybe for you, or has been for you I hope that peace and love is found, that your able to lift your arms to the sky with an open heart, open mind and just breathe...