Tedra Needle

My beautiful yoga journey began several years ago when my husband introduced me to meditation. I found that it was a great help to calm the mind, but I felt like there was something missing.  I discovered what was missing after a doctor suggested that I practice yoga to relieve stress.  It was love at first pose!   Yoga provided everything that I had been looking for in all of the other physical activities that I tried.  It was amazing, and I became a “yoga addict!”  The more I learned about yoga, the more I wanted to know.  At first, I gained my knowledge through dvds and books because I was not yet ready to embrace yoga in a group setting.  When I was ready for yoga classes, I tried some different classes to find a class that fit, and eventually found Infinite Light Yoga.

ILY offered me aspects of yoga that the dvds and books could not.  I learned how to live with my mind and not in it.  Then, like an onion, I peeled away the layers of my being that were affected by outside influences and really found myself.  I found that I was more patient and kinder, stronger and happier than I ever had been in my life.  Although perfection was never my goal, I was just glad to be able to find and accept myself, good or bad.  My whole internal map changed and I was having fun changing it.

When my husband saw how happy and peaceful I was becoming through yoga, he asked me to show him how to do yoga.  We would have our little “classes” right in our living room until one day he said, “You should be a yoga teacher.  You really love it, and I think you’d be a great teacher.”  Soon thereafter, I signed up for Yoga Teacher Training.  In 2010, I became a certified yoga teacher trained by Tony Riposo at the Infinite Light Yoga School. 

To me, yoga means not only peace of mind but also peace within the body.  Yoga is a complete restoration and balance of mind, body and spirit.  Since I embraced yoga, I’ve been able to find out who I truly am, which includes accepting my imperfections and celebrating my strengths.  Through breathing, relaxation, postures and meditation, I hope to restore peace, balance and strength to those who come from all levels of yoga experience.  I look forward to sharing my yoga journey.

Peace
Tedra

Contact email Tneedle@infiniteLightYoga.com

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