Why Yogarosa?

In 2002 a very serious car accident left me fighting for my life. The doctors doubted I would survive, and for several days I lay in a coma.
During that time a near-death experience completely changed my life.
I was able to observe everything that happened to me after the accident: I saw myself on the operating table and watched them shave my head and cut my clothes away. My head had broken open like an overripe melon and my chest was torn open as well. But none of it mattered.
I turned away and felt something lifting me towards a wonderful light and felt an overwhelming awareness that there is a purpose to everything in life.
At this moment my fear was gone and I was free from every negative emotion and unpleasant quality. Filled with pure love and trust, all I wanted to do was advance further into the light and into love. The time had not yet come for me to leave this earth, but I strongly resisted the impulse to stay. When I woke up life had received me back again.
It took a year for my body and soul to start to recover and from that time on I was in constant pain. My soul was also crying out for me to change my lifestyle, and thus I began searching. 

Frequent meditation and constant gentle sports practice helped strengthen my muscles, injured bones and ligaments, but I still had constant pain in my back, chest and knees. My daughter suggested we travel to India together to see if yoga may help my recovery. That was the beginning of my obsession with yoga and my journey to full health and healing through yoga therapy. I had arrived!

Having made a full recovery through Yoga Therapy, I embarked on full training so I could to teach others how to use yoga to rid themselves of pain and, just as I did, live a pain-free life again. Doctors advised me against taking up yoga because of my slipped disc and torn ligaments, but I am glad that I trusted in my own feelings.
Yoga therapy is very gentle, without pressure or force. The body itself decides how far to go; the instructor does not interfere with the pupil's subtle body. That means the instructor does not touch the pupil. By repeating over and over the asanas they have learned, our students acquire a better feeling for their own bodies, and with regular practice they become stronger, healthier and more flexible.