Tara's Story
Tara's Story
I was about six years old when I entered a yoga studio for the first time. It was in my homeland Iran. No, I did not start Yoga then and there. I was just accompanying my mum. I found it awesome how beautifully the practice changed her mood and the mood of the other students. Each and every time the same miracle happened: A group of ordinary ladies, in some cases a little bit tired or stressed, entered the class and a group of smiling, relaxed, happy ladies left the studio.
Fast forwarding 20 years, I moved to Germany. I completed my Master’s degree in computer science and at the same time worked for an IT company – more than ten hours per day and five days per week. I was often stressed and felt homesick for Iran as I was missing my family and friends.
Finding a home on the yoga mat
Through fortunate circumstances, I found an advertisement of a yoga studio in Darmstadt, my place of residence at that time. I started practicing yoga at “Cityoga” in 2011 and it did not take long before it became my passion. It gave me all I wanted: a fit body, a calm and clear mind and a happy balanced life. And I found some kind of home on my yoga mat.
Time passed and I started to work as an IT consultant, working hard and traveling around. I wasn't able to find time for doing yoga. Although always exhausted, I was still very proud of my achievements and performance – until one day something strange happened to me: On a Saturday morning in the winter of 2016 as I was about to get ready to go out, I felt a sudden, sharp, stabbing pain in my stomach. Through the end of the day, the pain didn’t get better and became so intense that I was rushed to the hospital.
Rushing into emergency surgery
The doctors couldn’t identify the problem and advised an emergency surgery. The first thought which came to my mind was my job and my projects. The more relevant thought came with two minutes delay: “Oh my goodness, it might be something serious!”
My guess was true. I had two major abdominal operations within four months due to a perforated diverticula in my colon, which could have killed me if I hadn’t made it to the hospital in time.
Recovering time transformed my life
The recovery time was not easy but very transforming: It changed my view of life massively. It was in those days that I clearly realized what was truly important, fulfilling and meaningful to me.
Obviously, I couldn't go back to work for a long time after surgery. What I missed in that period was not my IT job, but my yoga practice.
I went back to the studio as soon as I got back on my feet, with zero muscles in my abdomen and a feeble body. I was so lethargic that most of the time I wasn’t able to do much more than the resting poses (Tadasana, Balasana, Savasana etc.). But the miracle of yoga was still there, regardless of my body’s limitations and restrictions.
Yoga and my wonderful teacher, Steffi Rieger, supported the process of healing and easing back into well-being from the pain.
In 2017, I moved to France near Switzerland's border and found myself in an amazing landscape between two beautiful mountains: Jura and Mont Blanc. This is where I found the courage to follow my heart and make my passion my profession: In order to get into one of the most renown yoga schools in the world, I traveled to “Krishna village” in Australia and completed my Vinyasa Yoga teacher training (RYS 200 Yoga Alliance). After I returned to my home at the time in France, I started a small version of Yoga Home helping expats find their home on the yoga mat.
Yoga, the union of body, mind, and breath
Yoga literally means union. The union between our body, mind, and breath. The union between us and the best version of ourselves. This is what I myself experienced with yoga: reconnecting with myself and finding the peaceful home inside me, regardless of where I am and what I’m doing.
This is what I would love to share with you. Yoga is definitely very beneficial for the body, but furthermore, it can reach beyond the physical level and can have a lot of positive impact on the mind. The result are many benefits for the overall quality of life. Yoga is like an ocean and it is totally your choice how deep you like to dive into it each day, each time.
In my yoga classes, I provide you with guidance, information, and ideas. I offer different variations, adjustments, and corrections. So, you can joyfully walk the path of yoga and be fully immersed in it. You will find space for yourself to listen to your body and your mind, to work tenderly on your limits and expand them gracefully.
Well, it will not change our lives if we can stand on our head, but it will certainly change our lives if we become fully aware of what is happening in our head (and our entire body). Then we can understand, accept and – if necessary – change it.
Let’s walk the yoga path together!
Feel our inner-selves through yoga!
Find our peaceful home inside!
Much love!
Tara
