A Love-Filled Life Begins in the Body
Feb 13, 2026
There is a moment many people reach in their lives where they realise they have been living almost entirely from the neck up.
The body becomes a vehicle.
Something to control.
Something to criticise.
Something to push, fix, or ignore.
For many of us, yoga begins right there – not from self-love, but from self-dissatisfaction. From a desire to change the body, override it, or make it behave differently.
And yet, yoga has a quiet way of undoing all of that.
When the Body Stops Being the Enemy
One of the great gifts of yoga is that it gently shifts the question from What does my body look like? to What does my body feel like?
This is not a small change.
When we begin to feel the body from the inside – the breath moving, the feet rooting, the heart lifting – something softens. We stop relating to ourselves as a project, and begin relating to ourselves as a living, breathing being.
The practice draws us into the present moment.
Into sensation.
Into the simple miracle of being alive.
And in that presence, love begins to re-emerge.
Self-Love Is Not Created – It Is Revealed
One of the core teachings of yoga is that you were born whole.
You were born with love, compassion, strength, and wisdom already inside you. What life tends to do is layer experiences, beliefs, and conditioning over the top of that truth – until it feels distant or unreachable.
Yoga does not add anything to you.
It removes what is not you.
Through movement, breath, and awareness, the body begins to release old imprints – from childhood, from relationships, from years of holding and bracing and protecting.
Sometimes this happens in a single, life-altering moment.
Sometimes it happens slowly, quietly, over years of practice.
Both are valid. Both are yoga.
The Discipline of Devotion
In Yoga to Transform, we speak often about commitment and discipline – not as punishment, but as devotion.
To commit to a regular practice is to say: I am worth showing up for.
It does not matter what the practice looks like.
Some days it is a full class.
Some days it is ten minutes on the mat.
Some days it is simply standing, breathing, and feeling your feet on the earth.
There is no failure in yoga.
There is only practice.
And over time, something begins to change. Confidence grows. Boundaries soften. The heart opens. Life expands.
Opening the Body, Opening the Heart
The body and the heart are not separate.
When we physically round, collapse, and protect the chest, we are often doing the same emotionally. When we gently roll the shoulders back, lift the heart, and open the palms, we send a powerful message to the nervous system: It is safe to receive.
Many people are surprised by how emotional this can be. Tears arise. Memories surface. Long-held patterns loosen.
This is not weakness.
It is intelligence.
The body knows how to heal when we let it.
Returning to Love, Again and Again
Yoga does not promise that you will never be knocked out of love.
Life will still happen.
People will still disappoint you.
Old habits will resurface.
The practice is not about never leaving love.
It is about how quickly you return.
Sometimes that return takes seconds.
Sometimes days.
Sometimes longer.
All of it belongs.
When you practise yoga – on the mat and in your life – you are practising the art of returning. Returning to breath. Returning to presence. Returning to love.
And that is enough.
If you would like to know more about our services including our courses, workshops, coaching or retreats then click here
Stay connected with news and updates!
Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from us as we release new blogs and services.
