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Letter from Amanda: It All Happened for You

Amanda on reframing the past as a positive catalyst: none of it happened to you, all of it happened for you, and yoga helps us assign it a new meaning.

By Amanda DiGiovanna··2 min read

Revolution Yoga studio

Dear Yogis,

I wanted to offer you some very yogic sentiments from Myron Golden. He said “You need to focus on figuring out how to turn everything in your past into a positive catalyst for your current life.” So what does that mean?

That means that you have to look at everything that’s happened in the past and realize that none of it happened to you and all of it happened for you.

There is no strength without struggle. There’s no advancement without adversity. There’s no destiny without difficulty. We’ve got to go through something to get to something.

But in order for us to get through what we were designed to get through we have to look at the past and assign a different meaning to it.

Yes it was painful but it helped us. It set us up for where we are right now and where we are headed in the future. So when I look at the past I use it as a catalyst to propel me into my bright future.

Do you understand you can’t change what happened to you in the past but you have every ability whatsoever to change what it means to you.

Much of our yogic philosophical practice is about reframing our experiences and using them to get us to the highest version of ourselves living our best lives.

So come join your community on the mat in studio or online and get yourself to where you know you’re meant to be.

Check out all of our offerings this month below and feel free to share this message with loved ones.

Peace and Love,
Amanda and the good folks at Revolution Yoga

Originally shared in our May 2023 newsletter.

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Written by Amanda DiGiovanna for Revolution Yoga, a yoga studio, teacher training school and healing center in Rockville Centre, New York, serving Long Island and students online since 2010.