Hi, I’m Kelsey!

My Journey With Yoga

It has been 5 years since yoga found me. The Covid-19 pandemic had just stopped the world dead in its tracks and both industries I was working in- restaurant and theatre- also stopped. I have to admit, at first I thought the break was a pleasant surprise. You might remember we thought this was going to be a short term inconvenience, so a surprise break from auditioning in between working as a server was welcomed.

When it became clear that Covid was going to be a more long term issue, I began to panic. I graduated theatre school in 2018 so the shine of brand new college grad had worn off and I hadn’t had much of a chance to make a name for myself yet. This meant that when companies started doing Covid-adjusted theatre, my inbox was silent. I kept busy with online workshops and researching new content to learn, but my efforts felt futile when we were collectively being traumatized every day. It was in this moment of needing to do something different that yoga found me. I remembered hearing about yoga in dance class in theatre school and thought I’d try it.

Three years later, I was unknowingly headed toward a personal crisis when one night, I woke up in the middle of the night knowing I had to be a yoga teacher. Somewhere between the onset of this personal crisis and the duration of my yoga teacher training I also decided to take a break from my life in theatre. I had spent the biggest part of my life up until that point taking various lessons and working hard in school so I’d have my choice of post-secondary schools. After a year of auditioning (with minimal success) and Covid, my heart needed a break. This break has not been easy, but it has been through my own practice and teacher training that I have been able to navigate the personal struggles I was facing.

In the last 5 years, I’ve learned how to breathe (which is ironic coming from a trained performer), release tension in my body and take space for myself. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not “cured”; I still struggle to do all of these things, but less so than 5 years ago. This ebb and flow of day-to-day life is why I want to be a yoga teacher. Everyday is different, but a gift all the same and the closer we can get to our true selves, the easier it is to see that. I truly believe in the power of yoga and its philosophy. The changes in myself and the intimacy I’ve been able to build with myself has been such a profound experience that I don’t have a choice. It’s because of this that I say “Yoga found me” instead of “I found yoga”.

Yoga teaches that we are everything and nothing; we are all of the roles we identify with and none of them all at the same time. When we can begin to see this and accept it, we start to believe in our own limitlessness. This is my invitation to you to experience just how limitless you are