How it all began…
And here it is… my first post!
My initial idea was actually to write purely about my yoga journey but a friend of mine said “why don’t you start a mummy / yoga blog”? I thought about it a lot and it does make sense! Being a mum is such a big part of my life now that I can’t just leave it out! This won’t be a baby yoga or toddler yoga blog (although it might feature on occasions as its cute) but about my attempts of combining these two aspects of my life which is certainly not easy. I’ve actually wanted to start a blog for a long time (just because I liked the idea of it and because I like writing) but to be honest I never really had anything to say!! That’s a bit sad isn’t it?
Becoming a mother
Well this changed completely when I had my children. For me being pregnant, giving birth, breast-feeding, taking care of a baby, dealing with all the post birth stuff was such a steep learning curve that I could have never imagined before. I never thought I could be so exhausted, so emotional, so weak and so strong, so full of baby vomit, so full of love and so happy at the same time!
And then, when I was just getting used to my new life and getting back to normality, baby number 2 came along. My daily thought for the first 6 months was that an 18-month age gap was a pretty stupid idea. Now my girl is just over two and my boy is nine months old we are still taking each day as it comes and are trying to survive it somehow without accidents but at least once in a while I’ve got time again to think (more or less)!
As a new mum I was always looking for support, answers about feeding and baby poo problems, how to cope with toddler tantrums and just someone to moan to about sleepless nights and frustrations of the day (e.g. spending the whole day cleaning because the little one has discovered how to wipe his plate off the table with one smooth arm action at every meal). Having a network of other mums is invaluable but I’ve also always really enjoyed reading other mums’ blogs about their daily struggles and problems that were just like mine.
The start of Yogaberry
Yoga, the other love of my life, has helped me with most of my challenges in the last few years including my back problems (scoliosis), both pregnancies and births. I have been practising yoga regularly for about 10 years, just as long as I’ve been living in London and I’ve been wanting to do a yoga teacher training course for the last five years. It never seemed like the right time but earlier this year I finally took the decision to start a 200 hour course to be a Registered Yoga Teacher and am hoping to complete it next year.
The blog will be about both: my life and challenges as a mum and my yoga journey. I absolutely love both so why not combine it? In the end is that not what yoga is all about? Uniting body, mind and spirit which also means to me not constantly trying to live our lives with different hats on but being united with our true self and finding our purpose.
Trust me I am very far from having achieved any of this but hopefully some people will be able to relate to what I’m writing about or at least simply enjoy it.
