August/ 2019
In 2007 Anne Noonan faced a hysterectomy. She says that she was
overweight, swollen, inflamed, chronically anaemic, had hot flushes on
constant high volume, cardiac issues and needed to reduce her stress
levels which were turning up in all forms from financial, to business,
to family to children. Her health she says really was on a downhill
slide. It was the discovery of Yoga that literally turned her life around.
When the operation was over she thought life would
be better. It wasn’t. Her weight kept increasing, and
the other symptoms hung around. Three years later
she was still searching for relief. Anne needed to
take her health into her own hands. Doctors offered
pharmaceuticals. However it was a conversation with
a Yoga Therapist that was the catalyst to change.
Anne used to be the aerobics queen. Back when many
joined an aerobics class because of the cute outfits and
the big hair while totally ignoring the knee and back
injuries that proliferated that movement. Her aches
and pains soon made aerobics and Zumba
near impossible. Anne thought a PT would
sort her out – it didn’t. A gym membership
was of little use once she realised that she
had no discipline to work through a circuit.
Anne’s inflamed body remained that way
while her choice of movement did nothing
to relieve it, so she decided working it
harder must be the answer. It wasn’t.
YOGA IS A JOURNEY OF
THE BODY, MIND AND
SPIRIT AND IT TAUGHT
ANNE TO LINK ALL THREE.
A Yoga Mentor, who looked amazing,
suggested that Anne should come to one
of her classes. This mentor helped her
understand the inflammation in her body, the heart
pains, the body aches, and taught her how to breathe
and move slowly and deliberately. Anne learned how
to open her chest muscles, to move her lymph, reduce
her blood pressure and calm her nervous system. She
simply had no idea yoga could do all of this.
So Anne continued on a regular yoga path from that
moment and has never looked back. Once she could
feel the body benefits, she knew her calling was
to become an instructor for women experiencing
similar life issues. It’s been almost 10 years now and
it still astounds her to see the small incremental
improvements that are continually happening.
It’s not an overnight fix by any means.
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