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What students think about Deep in the Heart
Traci Roy
The reason I’m posting it is!! I’m at a huge dog show in Tulsa and y’all, these things are fun but they whoop me big time. So I decided that I would bring my mat with me and do a Somatic video before I go show because that particular class gives me energy like I’ve had 6 Red Bulls….and boy did it ever work!! I showed better today than I ever have and lasted so much longer than I usually do before having to go back to the hotel and crash!! I have one more day of showing and will absolutely be doing some Somatic before heading to the show grounds!!!
Leslie Early
I started my personal health journey when I got back from my second deployment to the middle east where I sustained a broken ankle and a broken wrist. I was told I would never have full range of motion or ability in either especially because I opted out of surgery for a natural healing process. I was determined to make that untrue. I was also overweight and a pretty heavy smoker so that slowed the healing process exponentially. I decided I wanted better for myself. Jodi Shawver was always posting on her facebooks about her wonderful yoga class she just went to so I decided I wanted to try it out. The door was locked when I walked up for my first class and my anxiety tried to end my journey there. I went back to my car and tried not to cry. I know that sounds silly but anxiety.... I messaged Vicki and said I tried, and I was leaving and started to pull away. She said no! I'm at the door now. Come back! I took some deep breaths and came back. I am so glad I did. That was the beginning of the beginning. I pushed my ankle and my wrist and my health (physical and mental) hard. I quit smoking. I made connections with people (which is not something I do well). I had fun. I breathed. I learned to be still. It was an amazing transition period in my life. I came to class every chance I had which was almost every day. The great health awakening had some effects I had not considered on my body.......I became pregnant after being told I was medically infertile. I was not in any way trying to conceive nor did I want another child at 38 years old already being the mother of two teenagers. I am the luckiest son of a gun in this world to have this fat baby. I stayed regular throughout the pregnancy and listened to my body in class as I was reminded to do often. I had a magnificent pregnancy and that baby shot out at 300 PSI on 05 September 2022 healthy as a coneheaded little horse. After that life altering event my practice took a huge back seat to the strong need to mom all day every day. I had an absolutely euphoric six months after that of bonding and loving my squishy and laughing until I cried with my older kids about the funny things that baby did. It was like a utopian dream. I got a class in maybe once a month for maybe a year after that. On 15 January 2024 I received and left on six month, in country, military orders. I continually talked to Vicki throughout all of this time. She has been my confidant and friend since day one. She has always offered options and worked with my needs so compassionately. She offered me a video only membership and I accepted. I wasted my first month by not making time but my second month I started to work it in to my day. I set up in my kitchen/living room area and I accept my baby crawling all over me during my class sometimes. I decided its better to get a giggly, not fully focused class in than none at all right? I also get to hear the conversations and feel that connection just a little while I'm away. This community is amazing. People I barely knew threw me a diaper party. The few classes I attended after the baby was born was because another member volunteered to watch my baby so I could. Joining this amazing group of people has been one of the best decisions of my life, no exaggeration. I love these people and I will never let it go. Life may ebb and flow and my practice may be full priority one day and take full back seat the next but it's always there when it's time to come back home. Thats what Deep in the Heart is to me. Home.