My practice became more frequent, from a weekly practice to a practice several times a week. I felt the need for it regularly, being unable to move outside of my flat during the lockdowns. Little by little, yoga took a more important place in my life.
After COVID, I returned to France and resumed classes in the gym while continuing to practice at home with YouTube videos. During the summer of 2021, I followed a two-week yoga retreat in Aix-en-Provence at the Centre du Payanet, where yoga teachers from all over France gave various classes and workshops. I took Vinyasa and Hatha classes, to the sounds of Tibetan bowls, as well as workshops related to spirituality. At a more difficult time in my life, it helped me heal, externalize negative emotions and recharge my batteries.
In May 2024, I had a period of professional questioning, related to an overload of work that I was unable to cope with. I have often questioned myself about the work in finance that I have been doing for 10 years. This somehow complicated period gave me the trigger to allow myself to explore other professional paths and take more time to follow a life that would better suit me. I thought about yoga. I then followed a 200-hour training course in India in October 2024 certified by Yoga Alliance, RYT-200 with Ek Omkar Yoga. Since my return, I have started giving classes to those around me and will soon be doing replacements in the class where I practice yoga.
Today yoga is part of my daily life, and I want to share this art of living that has changed my life, by accompanying people with kindness and confidence, by adapting the classes to the desires and needs of each, while continuing to train myself to become a better teacher and student.