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When I returned in 1994 I decided that I wanted to immerse myself fully into the Institute for a longer time. That longer time extended itself to more than 20 years . . . . . . . I stayed and I stayed. Prior to Pune in 1991, I had begun yoga in Sydney Australia. I came to my first Yoga Studies from a background in art and a qualification in psychiatric nursing, I had been introduced to the initial stages of Dharma and Meditation practice. A large and defining influence to my first years of yoga study was that I was off and on crutches from accidents and re-constructive surgeries. A series of injuries which are a permanent part of my practices. Being born in “the west”, means we come to a yoga practice from somewhere far away from any yoga tradition. When we choose to move and work with yoga we are taking a definite step. We are stepping outside of our societal roles and into the stream of human potential. We are seeking something not spoken of in our own society, it is a path that has its origins far from our own and comes from a deep, meaningful and profound tradition. There are many a student who comes to India, is moved by the depth of wise understanding conveyed through yoga and return clutching talismans of their experience. They take back effigies and idols, symbols of their new understanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ff48273d0b637a35379ed3/f35787ca-5464-4c37-88fe-dd2f04e7e869/Therapy+Stephanie+2.jpg About - In the opening paragraph to the preface to his Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Guruji gives four things that yoga is and does. He says that it is a ‘science’ an ‘art’, a ‘philosophy’ and, lastly, ‘gives meaning and purpose’ to our lives. It is this last that I feel potentialises the others, it brings a lucid reality to our innerlives. 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