Shape Shifter Yoga
I almost passed up my chance to work with Kris. If you’re like me, maybe you would too. Are you jaded by the pajama-clad nonsense associated with yoga? I sure was… I’m pretty sure if it had been ANYONE else, I’d have taken a pass… To understand why, you need to know a little more about Kris.
And in a 2011 Japanese study, women who practiced yoga scored better on something called the Profile of Mood States questionnaire.
They had lower fatigue, tension, anxiety and mental disturbance than women who didn’t practice yoga. They also had a higher “vigor” score. Finally a CURE for your “energy drain” We live in an “exhausted” society. And I’m sure you’ve had first hand experience with the ever present “energy drain” of modern life. What a relief it is to learn that a simple physical practice can give such an amazing energy boost. And not just a temporary jolt, but permanent improvement. When I looked at the science, I found a lot of good reasons to start doing yoga. It goes so far beyond that initial “flexibility” I was looking for. I’m so glad I asked Kris for help. But to be honest, it almost never happened… How a dumb false belief almost left me in pain and discomfort — permanently It’s true.
It’s not like I was going around walking on my hands or anything. But I WAS able to raise my arm straight up over my head without pain! I wasn’t able to fold myself in two.
I could hardly believe it. But the disappearing aches and pains were only a small part of what I realized that day… THIS is what doubling your energy FEELS like...
But I COULD sit on the floor with my legs stretched out and my back straight. I didn’t have to lean back and support myself on my arms anymore. And I wasn’t living in fear. Picking up boxes from the floor didn’t worry me. I wasn’t scared of “tweaking” something every time I jumped up out of a chair. It didn’t happen all at once, though. It just kind of “crept up” on me. Until one day, while I was dragging the trash out to the curb, I realized… I FEEL GREAT! I seriously felt better than I had in the past 10 years.
At first, I didn’t really make the connection… It’s kinda like watching a loved one grow older. You don’t notice from day to day. But when you look at an old photo of the person, you suddenly realize how much he or she has changed. I’d been following Kris’s plan, but I guess I was just on auto-pilot — hoping it would work. It’s only when I started trying to figure out why I felt so much better that I clued in. The yoga routine was working! And that’s when I made another amazing discovery. I had WAY more energy than I did just a month before. Without even realizing it, I was no longer having those afternoon crashes. I was SLEEPING better at night too. And my energy was steady throughout the day. It’s almost like I’d been living in a ZOMBIE state before. And I was finally AWAKE again! It makes a lot of sense. A 2004 study published in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback demonstrated significant improvement in sleep quality among “insomniacs” who added a simple yoga practice to their daily routine.
She may be devoted to yoga, but she’s so much more than that. To start with, she’s got a post graduate degree in Exercise Physiology. And get this… She actually did her Masters Thesis on the benefits of yoga — studying the same routine she later used to develop her own unique teaching approach.