So happy to see you addressing this important issue head-on! There are so many (important!) talk therapy interventions for addiction, but we also don't want to neglect the physical body's crucial healing process. Yoga is fantastic for cultivating new, positive experiences in the body, and it's great to see more people trying these together in the recovery sphere.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I started yoga with you during this quarantine. I wanted to start yoga for the benefits that it would have for my back, because I have lower back pain. But as I started to do it, I started to realize that it could be a spiritual experience. I then started to really look into yoga as a spiritual experience and what the benefits are. I also started to tap into healing my own chakras. It has been amazing. I would like to learn more from you about the yoga philosophy, because I haven't found much information on that. A lot of the language that you are using right now, I am unfamiliar with, but I would like to know more. Thank you so much for offering this as a free thing on RU-vid. It is a great blessing.
I could just listen to you talk forever! I love all of your videos, both meditations or yoga poses or where you are talking on certain topics. You have made a difference in my life for sure! I never found a yoga teacher or meditation that I liked until I found you. Thank you for everything you do to help people all over the world. You definitely make it a brighter and beautiful place with your presence in it!
I’ve watched your videos for quite some time now and I love that you pause from the yoga and have a refresh on addiction.. and just talk. It makes me stop and think and breathe!!!! Thank you so much for all you do and I am so proud of you for beating your addiction. Some day I will too.
Thank you, Cole. Spilling things is normal! Still human, and still learning how to be me by myself and with others, without all the distractions of substances. It's so humbling to see you share so rawly, so thank you for being brave and taking that step to help others in their journey. Namaste.
Thank you for this. It definitely resonated with me being on the road of sobriety. I am learning the power of breath and deep breathing exercises. It feels like coming together with yourself and feeling alive again lessening to urge to drink and smoke.. Its a process because relapse is real. BTW, I love the plants in the background. I have plants around my apartment as well. It helps with recovery.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I used to get so frustrated with breath work and not being able to move in the ways I wanted to during yoga, but now I can look back and see how it was a reflection on my impatience with myself and others. Love all of the different ways you have us move our bodies! I always feel so more in tune with it afterwards. You're my fave!
Thank you for posting this video. I'm on the ledge, wanting to take steps to change my life but I feel like I don't have the tools... the mental strength to do it.. I just found your channel today and I feel so grateful for your content. Thank you
You are absolutely amaizing person Cole! Your path, your journey and who You are is amaizing. I wish You a great success with Your new project. Have you ever thought about writing a book?
I know this feeling. Sometimes people tell me that I have so much to say about my story, that I should write it down. But just thinking about writing scares me ;) However, if you ever decide to write a book, you already have one reader.
Cole I am so happy I found you on youtube. You are an inspiration and you help my body every day. I was born with Spina Bifida and I have Spinal Stenosis. I hope you do a video on stretches for people like me one day.
Love this. I am 4 years clean and looking to start integrating yoga into my daily/weekly recovery practice. Any videos of yours you could recommend me starting with? Thanks so much, your story is a blessing. We do recover!
Wonderful to hear this Alison! Yaaaaa recovery! And it's really up to you want supports and resonates with you! I have a recovery playlist w talks & meditations then I think just explore the physical classes and save the ones that feel nourishing!
Hi Cole, i have been doing yoga for over 15 years, even when it wasn't the trendy/cool thing to do, but i'm not master by any means, i'm just very familiar with the poses etc. I found you on YogaTX and there is something about your demeanor and your aura that resonates with me, now i only practice your videos. I am very interested in the retreat in May but i have questions as i've never been on a retreat however its on my list of things to do in 2021. Is there someone i can reach out to in your camp with just some basic questions regarding the retreat that i didn't see in the FAQ section on your website? i know space is filling up so i need to make a decision. my biggest concern is the virus and what if it's still as prevalent if not more at the time of the retreat. thanks for letting me find you. xo
Hey Jody! So grateful to be part of your practice + that you are interested in joining us in May!! I'm so jazzed about this trip! Send me an email...cole@colechanceyoga.com...we are offering refunds or moving the funds to a different trip if the covid craziness is still around so no worries there....we are staying very adaptable to an ever changing situation thought we are holding the vision that we are all together in Taos in May! Hope to hear from you soon!
