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Yoga is The Best Treatment

Yoga is not simply for you to look good, it does much more.

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During quarantine, everyone was worried about wether things will go back to normal. During that time, I wondered as well, will I be able to have a graduation? Would I be able to meet my friends one last time, before we separate, creating our own little path in the world. To be honest, I was depressed thinking about how it wasn't going the way I planned. I had prom with my friends secretly, because I didn't want my parents finding out. (I was on house arrest). And then I was just handed my diploma and baam, I graduated from high school just like that.

Fast forward, I am now a sophomore in college and the situation is still the same. I am taking online classes, not going outside much. I should be enjoying my youth, but I am sitting here in my bed, having my classes online. It is very depressing. I am burden by the responsibilities I have at home. It doesn't let me step a foot outside the house. I am unhappy.( I sound a child). But I am. I can't use the word depressed too much. During this time. I tried picking up new hobbies that would make feel relevant somehow, and then I came across yoga. Yoga is not a hobby, it's more like a need for me now. I was first introduced to yoga by my acting teacher, but she made us do the basics, more like a beginner yoga, which was alright, but I wanted more. During quarantine, I tried doing yoga and I was in and out in that door. Sometimes I wanted it, sometimes, laziness would take over. I would always write in my journal, that I would do it, but I failed every time. But I am proud to say now, I am a completely different person, I take yoga way more seriously and it's gotten to me. Yoga has its benefits. It builds you up physically and mentally. It pushes you to the limits and it can improve your or my depressed life. Yoga taught me to take things slowly, give your mind and body a relax. Give a space of your own. To never give up, no matter what. To not let the situations control you. And mostly importantly, yoga makes your mind and body feel connected. You don't feel like a robot, but an actual human being. People say, that time and patience is the best medicine.

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