I Wasn’t Looking for Yoga — I Was Just Trying to Move Forward

About ten years ago, I wasn’t looking for yoga. I was simply trying to hold my life together the best I could. Both personally and professionally, I was struggling. I felt lost, unclear, and quite disconnected from myself.

I remember it all started very casually: I went to get waxed, and the woman there told me I had to try a yoga center nearby. I thought, “I don’t know if I’m ready for this,” because at that time I didn’t even really understand what yoga was. But something inside me pushed me to give it a try.

I went, I tried… and I never left. Without realizing it, I had taken the first step.

I Felt Disconnected from Myself

At that time, I was taking anti-anxiety medication and didn’t feel well. It helped me get through the day, but at the same time, I felt it was taking me further away from who I really was.

Especially at night, I had a very strong feeling of not being myself — as if I were living on autopilot, without truly feeling anything. It was uncomfortable, even sad.

I knew I couldn’t go on like that, that something had to change, but I didn’t know which path to take. From the outside, it might not have seemed extreme, but for me, at that moment, it was very difficult and very real.

Dani Appeared at the Right Moment

When I started yoga, I met Dani. From the very beginning, I felt he wasn’t just another teacher.

I told him how I was feeling, what I was going through, how I felt about the medication… and he was very clear with me: “You have to practice.”

There were no magical promises or quick solutions — just a very simple but powerful direction.

But beyond that, there was something in the way he was — the calm, the serenity, the quiet confidence he transmitted without needing complicated words. It made you trust the process, even when you weren’t fully sure yourself.

The Change Came Through Practice

That’s when everything truly began.

I started practicing every day, morning and evening, almost without fail. It was consistency that made the real difference.

It wasn’t an overnight transformation — it was gradual, almost silent.

Little by little, always with medical supervision, I reduced the medication until I stopped completely. Yoga wasn’t a magical solution — it was deep work. Very physical, yes, but above all very mental.

When you start looking inward, when you learn to sit with yourself in silence, things begin to surface — things that had been hidden for a long time.

My Inner World Changed… and So Did My Life

That inner work started to reflect outward — in my daily life, in my relationships.

I began setting boundaries, saying “no” without guilt, realizing which relationships were not balanced.

Some people left my life, but over time I understood that they probably needed to go. They no longer aligned with who I was becoming.

When you change inside, everything changes outside.

You start taking better care of yourself, respecting yourself, and no longer accepting things you once tolerated without question.

Today, I Live from a Different Place

Today, yoga is fully part of my life — not just as a personal practice, but as a profession.

I became a teacher and integrated it into my daily life, working with children, teenagers, and adults.

I still have ups and downs, like everyone, but now I have a real tool to return to whenever I need it.

Before, I was much more controlling — I needed to have everything planned. Now I live more from feeling, from the present moment, from what I need right now.

I don’t know what will happen in ten years… and for the first time, I feel like I don’t need to know.