“I graduated in March and began teaching in May.”

Yoga reminds you to lay your burdens at God’s feet and relax.

After retiring from a 30-year career on Wall Street, Sandi wanted to serve God and help others. She is using her Yahweh Yoga teacher training to reach others and continue her own growth as a Christian:

What benefits do you receive by practicing Christian Yoga?

“Christian Yoga is so calming and relaxing.

I took my first yoga class in New York several years ago, but I never felt comfortable with all the chanting and concept of “emptying one’s mind.” When I learned about the Christian Yoga idea that we fill up on God’s presence, I was finally able to receive spiritual gains in addition to the physical ones.”

What has practicing Christian Yoga meant to your relationship with God?

“Every day I practice yoga and spend that time deepening my relationship with God. It is so much more than just a daily prayer. Instead, I have an opportunity to spend a full hour focusing on God.”

How has Christian Yoga helped your health?

“When I started yoga, I had four herniated discs in my neck. During my teacher training, when we took two yoga classes a day—every day—I felt better than I ever had before. My students say the same thing. When they miss a class, they can feel it!”

How has Christian Yoga helped your personality “off the mat?”

“I try to be more calm! Before I started Christian Yoga, I was pretty controlling, but now I am learning to step back and let God be in charge. I’m still not the most laid-back yogini, but I am trying to learn! Also, since my students ask me for guidance, it reminds me to stay in the Word.”

How has Christian Yoga helped you help others?

Sometimes, I am so in awe of what God is doing through me, I feel like I am watching a movie. When I was taking my teacher training, DeAnna said to me: ‘You will be lead to the Scripture for your classes,’ and it is absolutely true! I have had classes were people come up to me and tell me that the scripture from the class addressed something directly that they were going through. I know I’m not thinking of these on my own; God is with me.

There is nothing that compares to bringing The Word to others to glorify His name.”

“I believe that God gave Christian Yoga to me as a ministry to serve Him and share The Word.”
~Sandi Yahweh Yoga graduate

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