Amandla oNyango kaJoga: "IYoga indibuyisele kubomi bam"

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Uninzi lwethu, ukuzilolonga yindlela yokuhlala ulungile, ukuhlala ubomi obusempilweni, kwaye uqinisekile, ukugcina ubunzima bethu. Ku-Ashley D'Amora, ngoku eyi-40, ukomelela sisitshixo kungekuphela nje kwimpilo-ntle yakhe, kodwa nakwimpilo yakhe.

Njengama-20somethings amaninzi, iBradenton, FL, umhlali akakwazanga ukuthatha isigqibo malunga nekhondo lomsebenzi emva kokugqiba kwakhe ikholeji. U-D'Amora wayedlale intenetya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo nakwikholeji, kwaye wayesoloko esebenza rhoqo, ngoko ke waba ngumqeqeshi oqinisekisiweyo we-NETA. Ufundise ii-Pilates kunye noZumba. Kodwa nangona wayesazi ukuba ukomelela komzimba yayilubizo lwakhe, wayeziva engonwabanga.

"Andiqinisekanga ukuba yintoni ephosakeleyo-bendiyazi nje into ethile yayingalunganga, utshilo u-D'Amora. Wayekhe abe neemvakalelo ezibi kakhulu, asuke kwingqondo edandathekileyo aye kwiziganeko ezimyoli. Ndidakumbile kangangokuba ndingade ndiphume emsebenzini,” utshilo.

Emva koko, xa wayeneminyaka engama-28 ubudala, wafunyaniswa enesifo esiyibipolar. "Kwakukhululekile," kusho u-D'Amora. "Ekugqibeleni ndayazi ingxaki kwaye ndafumana uncedo endandiludinga. Phambi kokuba ndixilongwe ndandicinga ukuba ndingumntu nje ombi owonakeleyo ebomini. Ukufumanisa indlela endiziphethe ngayo bekunezizathu zonyango ezandenza ndaziva ndingcono."

Ngeli xesha, ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo ye-D'Amora kwakungekho kulawulo. Amayeza kunye nokusebenza rhoqo bekunceda, kodwa bekungonelanga. Uhlaselo lwakhe lweemvakalelo lwalunzima kakhulu, kwafuneka ayeke ukusebenza aze athabathe ikhefu lokukhubazeka. Kwaye ubomi bakhe babungendawo. Uthi: "Khange ndikwazi ukugxila ekuthandeni nasekuxabiseni abanye abantu kuba andikwazi ukuzithanda okanye ukuzixabisa," utshilo.

Okokugqibela, malunga nonyaka ophelileyo, ugqirha omtsha u-D'Amora wabona i-yoga ecetyiswayo ukunceda ukulinganisa imeko yakhe. Uye kwi-intanethi kwaye wabhaqa iGrokker, indawo ebonelela ngeeklasi zeyoga ezifunwayo kubabhalisi. Waqalisa ukuzilolonga yonke imihla, maxa wambi kabini ukuya kathathu ngemini. Wenza ukuhamba kukaVinyasa kusasa, emva koko emva koko emva kwemini kumenze i-yoga ukuze amncede azole ekupheleni kosuku. "I-Yin yoga luhlobo lokucamngca kakhulu nge-yoga ngokuzolula okunzulu, kwaye ubambe imizuzu eliqela, endaweni yokuhamba rhoqo," ucacisa.

Malunga neenyanga ezine ukuya kwezintlanu emva kokuziqhelanisa nokuzilolonga, into icofiwe. "Kumsitho wam wokuzalwa wama-40 ngoMeyi, wonke umntu wandixelela kubonakala ngathi ndiyakhanya, kwaye ndiye ndabona ukuba andikhange ndibenangxabano nabantakwethu kwaye bendivana nabazali bam," utshilo uD'Amora. "Yonke into ethethwa ngabantu iyenzeka xa usenza i-yoga yenzeka kum."

Olu luvo loxolo oludluliselwa yiyoga luye kubudlelwane bakhe bobuqu. “Indifundise indlela yokuba nomonde ngakumbi nokuba novelwano ngakumbi ngabantu ebomini bam,” utshilo. "Ngoku, andizithathi izinto ngokwam njengokuba bendisenza kwaye ndiyeke izinto zisonge umqolo ngokulula." (Funda ngakumbi malunga nokwenzekayo kwingqondo yakho kwiyoga.)

Ngoku, u-D'Amora uziva ngathi yonke into iwela endaweni yayo, enkosi kwimisebenzi yakhe yemihla ngemihla. "IYoga ibutshintshile ubomi bam, utshilo. "Ndiziva ndingcono malunga nam, ndikhangeleka ngcono, ubudlelwane bam bungcono, kwaye andizange ndifumane iimeko ezizinzileyo njengam ngoku." Ngelixa esasebenzisa amayeza, ukholelwa ukuba i-yoga yeyona nto ifanelekileyo yokumgcina ezinzile.

U-D'Amora unethemba lokuguqula ukuthanda kwakhe okutsha aye kwikhondo elitsha lomsebenzi. Angathanda ukuba ngutitshala weyoga ukwazisa abanye abaphethwe ziimeko ezifanayo kwizibonelelo zeyoga. Amava akhe akwalawule ukuthanda kwakhe ukubhala ngokuyilayo, awakufunda ekholejini, kwaye ngoku usebenza ezincwadini.

"Xa ndicinga ukuba i-asana izakuba nzima kakhulu ukuyenza, ndibuyela kwividiyo ye-yoga endiyibukele kunye nomqeqeshi uKathryn Buding, owathi, 'Yonke into ibonakala ingenakwenzeka de uyenze yenzeke,' endiyisebenzisayo ebomini bam rhoqo. imini,” uyachaza. "Ndiyazimangalisa ngezinto endinokuzenza, nokuba yiposi yeyoga bendicinga ukuba andinakuze ndiyenze okanye incwadi endicinga ukuba ngekhe ndikwazi ukuyibhala."

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