Allison Lael

I know it sounds so cliche but it makes me want to scream, " THIS IS ME "!! I'm finally at a place in my life where I am beyond happy , incredibly happy , so happy I never thought I could live this happy of a life. Not only am I in the most incredible relationship I've ever been in and have a partner in life who gives me everything I need and more, I've also found something that gets me excited to wake up every morning and be my best self . Something that uplifts me everyday and tells me I AM WORTHY . Something that keeps me in check to stay healthy and fit, to stay conscious and careful, to listen and be patient. THIS IS YOGA. I have been a yogini for over 8 years, I would say. But something was holding me back to live yoga to the fullest . My life style . My life was a bit chaotic and I liked it that way, at the time. It was fun going out with friends to bars and clubs and dancing our asses off, it was fun to be lazy and watch endless amounts of televisio

I am 27 years old . I've had to keep telling myself that so I don't forget. I really have never been good at keeping track of age. Why does it matter so much anyways? Someone recently told me that it doesn't matter how old you are but how old your spine is and I guess my spine is twice my age.  Life has been pretty tough on me these past couple months. I had no idea what was wrong with me but I knew I was in a bad place. My spine . My spine has been slowly degenerating for the past 7 years and I had absolutely no clue, until this last month that is. But let's not get ahead of the story. About 3 months ago I started experiencing extreme back pain with a tingling feeling down my legs and then my toes would go numb . Scary, right? That's when I decided it was time to do something about it. When your nerves start getting affected by your pain, you know it's not good. This was hard for me. I've always been a fighter, someone who can bare pain a