What Yoga taught me…
Andréa Drottholm
As a Yoga teacher, I have practiced for over 22 years and taught for the past 16 years. My mission is to walk the talk and learn about myself as a human being and how I can be the best version of me.
Why did I choose to be a teacher? Well, first of all, I was invited to help my teacher—that's how it all started. From there, it became obvious that I was passionate about it.
I think this passion grew because yoga had helped me develop as a person. I could no longer hide from the things I preferred not to face. As I witnessed reflections of my own behaviour, it became more apparent that I had the choice to take action and create the changes I needed to make. I think they call it self-responsibility.
Yep... it's much easier to blame others, the outside world, than to admit that blaming doesn't change anything and it's up to me to do something about it.
Let's face it, tools for self-improvement are endless, and I wanted to try many to see for myself how they could help me. In the end, it became a hunger to "fix me" because if I fix me, I'll be that good person I want to be—and, let's be honest, want to be seen as being.
So the chase began.
What have I learned?
That I am largely still here, in the same place, maybe a little calmer, less talking and more listening, certainly more flexible—perhaps one can say both in body and mind. As a younger version of myself, I was pretty stubborn with a mindset that wasn't so bendable, but I was determined to do what I had set out to do. That could lead to some... situations.
Accepting that things don't always turn out the way I want has not been easy. My strategy used to be one way and one way only, which often led to pain and suffering.
I then came up with another approach: if Plan A doesn't work, I better have a Plan B.
Today, my plan goes all the way to Z (or in Swedish, it would be "ö")! Haha...
This means I can remain curious to see what happens when things don't go as planned. I might not always be happy about it, but at least I'm open to surprises.