Michela

2020 was a hard year for everyone. In 2020 I lost 3 grandparents, I was doing medical school online, and I felt like I was giving so much of myself that I’d end my day weary. There was nothing left in my energy store for just me. Don’t get me wrong, it is a privilege to study medicine – to learn from my colleagues around me – to be a part of a patient’s story, but yoga is my space that is just mine. Even if the room has 30 sweaty people in it, my space, my realm, is my mat and it’s mine to step onto and control. At the end of 2020 I began to attend Sumits classes regularly. I am stronger for it. My body has become more capable because of it. My focus is clearer. Yoga fills my empty tank and it makes me a better human so that I can try to make the lives of others better.