Finding ‘me’ on the mat, you too can: How Yoga changed my life

Daily Nation - January 13 - 2018

AYP Teacher who completed the 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2018 featured in one of Kenya's most popular newspapers! Read full article here and excerpt below: 

"Not many people will believe Dorcas Murunga when she credits yoga, the discipline that stresses on body relaxation, for her reduction from 100 kilograms six years ago to the 67 kilograms she weighs at the moment.

To the untrained eye, yoga looks like an eccentric activity where people strike weird poses and develop an uncanny attachment to mats. But to her, it is one of the best gifts she has ever received from a friend.

Ms Murunga joined the yoga movement with cautious optimism but now, she has embraced it so much that she trains others.

“Six months after joining yoga and starting a nutrition programme, I noticed changes in my body. I was no longer obsessed with the weigh scales or body inches. Something much more exciting and fulfilling was happening within me. I felt at peace and grateful that I was finally doing something to help myself,” she told Lifestyle."

 

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