Yoga mysteries

How I Lost My Hearing During My Very First Yoga Class

The silence was loudly deafening.

Students sitting on yoga mat practicing yoga - Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels

“Yoga is essentially a practice for your soul, working through the medium of your body”.

Tara Fraser

I was shocked, how could this happen, how could it happen to me?

It all started back in Sydney Australia when I was expanding my Steel Construction Company.

I was 110 kilos ( 242 lbs), obese, had high blood pressure, aches and pains throughout my body, high cholesterol, and my sugar levels were through the roof.

I was sitting at home between Christmas and New Year thinking about the challenges of my business, mindlessly flicking the channels on my big screen TV.

I need to exercise, not sit here and gorge on junk food.

I have a yearly gym membership and have only entered the build once or twice in the last 12 months. I hate going to the gym, it's so boring.

All of a sudden I came back to the present moment as my eyes locked onto the TV screen. There was a documentary about HOT YOGA.

I have never practiced yoga before and always had an image in my head of soft music, flashing candles…