My yoga journey did not begin with passion,
but from a deeply difficult period in my life.

The moment my son was born, I became a single mother. There was no transition, no real support. From the very beginning, every responsibility rested on my shoulders alone.

When my child started school, he often became ill. Every seemingly minor discomfort would send me into intense anxiety.

This was not ordinary worry. It was a deep fear of loss —

Even when it was only a common cold or mild flu, I would uncontrollably imagine that he might be in danger, or even suddenly be taken away from me.

This long-term psychological pressure gradually made me overly tense and hyper-alert to everything in life. I could not relax, and I could never truly settle.

This state kept building until it eventually became depression and chronic emotional tension.

Seeking Help · One Sentence That Changed Everything

I sought professional help, including psychiatric treatment and medication.

However, the medication did not bring the improvement I had hoped for. Instead, it led to insomnia and made me feel even more unstable.

Later, I turned to psychotherapy.

During therapy, I heard one sentence that stayed with me deeply:

That sentence made me realise that I was not simply over-giving — I had completely lost myself.

I began to understand that if I truly wanted to emerge from that state, I needed to rebuild a life that belonged to me.

Meeting Yoga · Beginning Without Expectation

And yet, at that time, the idea of “living for myself” still felt vague. I could not simply fill that inner emptiness with entertainment or distraction.

It was in this state that I first encountered yoga.

At the beginning, I had no expectations. I only hoped to feel a little more relaxed — even if just for a moment.

I no longer had to force every inhale. The tightness in my body slowly eased, and the anxiety within me gradually became quieter.

I would not describe this experience simply as being “healed,” but I did relearn how to be with myself through the process.

Yoga helped me reconnect with my body, and it taught me that stability does not come from control, but from awareness.

A Moment on the Staircase · One Memory I Still Carry

There is one moment I still remember clearly.

One day after class, I left the studio alone and slowly walked down the stairs.

For no particular reason, I suddenly stopped and felt a kind of peace I had never known before.

For the first time, I felt with total clarity —

Nothing in the outside world had changed. What had changed was something within me.

In that moment, I knew that I was no longer trapped in the state I had once lived in.

From Personal Experience to Sharing It With Others

It was also from that point onward that I developed a deep interest in yoga, and gradually stepped into the fields of teaching and training.

I founded ForAllYoga and Yoga Refine in the hope of sharing this experience and transformation with more people.

To Those Who Are Going Through a Difficult Time

If you are in a difficult place right now,

perhaps you do not need to change everything at once.

You may only need to begin with something very small —

Because sometimes,

real transformation
begins in a moment that small.

Keep Exploring · Halfway to Yoga

In 2009, I founded the online radio programme Halfway to Yoga, inviting different guest teachers to share their yoga journeys and life stories.

Even today, the programme is still available on YouTube and accessible to anyone who wants to understand the real face of yoga: