BEINGS OF YOGA PROJECT

I FELL IN LOVE WITH TAKING YOGA PHOTOS LAST SPRING IN CUBA. WANDERING AROUND THE STREETS OF HAVANA SNAPPING FRAMES OF MY FRIEND BETH AS SHE CAME INTO POSTURES IN FRONT OF VIBRANT WALLS, CRUMBLING BUILDINGS AND ALONGSIDE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE HAVANA PULSE IN THE WAY ONLY IT CAN. PEOPLE SITTING ON STOOPS, KIDS PLAYING IN THE STREETS OR MERCHANTS SLINGING FRUIT MIXING WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SHAPES BETH CREATED MADE MY HEART SING. THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE FELT LIKE MAGIC. BUT I DIDN'T WANT THE MAGIC TO STOP THERE. IT'S A NATURAL MARRIAGE FOR ME TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE PHYSICAL PRACTICE AND PRACTITIONERS. I'M STEEPED SO HEAVILY IN BOTH THE PHOTOGRAPHY WORLD AND YOGA WORLD THAT THE TWO SEEM TO NATURALLY INTERSECT FOR ME. IT WAS DURING MY 300 HOUR TEACHER TRAINING THIS PAST WINTER THAT THE IDEA FIRST FLUTTERED INTO MY MIND. YOGA IS CHANGING LIVES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THE BODIES, BEHIND THE POSES WANT TO BE TOLD. THE STORIES I HAD STUMBLED UPON IN MY OWN PROCESS OF HEALING HAD SAVED MY LIFE. IT WAS THE STORIES THAT REACHED OUT A HAND TO ME IN MY DARKNESS AND I DECIDED IT WOULD BE MY INTENTION TO BECOME A CONDUIT FOR AS MANY OF THEM AS I COULD. TO SEE MORE OF THE BEINGS OF YOGA PROJECT AS IT DEVELOPS PLEASE FOLLOW BEINGS OF YOGA ON FB AND @BEINGSOFYOGA ON INSTAGRAM. PLEASE CONNECT IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT BY EMAILING LO AT BEINGSOFYOGA@GMAIL.COM.