Vicky van der Walt

Following major pelvic floor reconstruction surgery, I was encouraged to never do a sit up, plank, push up or even jog ever again. Finding myself in severe pain, I resorted to seeing a women's health physiotherapist. The physiotherapist was a light in my life and encouraged me to join their Yoga/Physio classes. It was a slow and painful start, but with time and dedicated practice, I regained my physical strength, in addition to a multitude of other benefits. Before I knew, Yoga became part of my everyday life. 

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Roughly one year later, over the school holidays, my neighbour's daughter minded my little girls.

Finding myself alone, I felt an overwhelming urge to do Yoga. I followed it. There was a pain in my upper back that had been there for years. I intuitively decided to work out what the root cause of it was (this is before I even knew emotions are stored in the body). Moving and breathing into my body I began having an inner conversation to this pain. In the moment I realised that I had been putting everyone first, at the detriment of my own health and happiness. I put my hands in prayer and promised my higher self that I would stop this. That I would take time for myself. That I would love myself. 

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Within that moment, the pain in my back released in an abrupt explosion, in a matter of seconds I felt myself feeling light headed and had to lie down. The pain was gone, the emotion stored in my body had been completely released. I felt so light, so calm, completely at peace. That was the first time that I realised the power, truth and wisdom of Yoga. 

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My journey in search of truth had begun. And what a divine blessing it is. 

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In the light of love,

Vicky van der Walt