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“I’m a third generation figure skater. My grandfather started the tradition, followed by my mother. I caught the figure skating bug after watching the 1992 Olympics where Surya Bonaly performed her now signature backflip. Seeing the sparkle of the skater’s dresses, Bonaly’s gymnastics tricks, and hearing the music flow along with the skaters was all I needed to fall head over heels in love with figure skating. I was going to have the best job in the entire world—Mrs. Potts in Disney on Ice. Then one day, while practicing a catch foot spiral during a public ice session, I caught my toe pick in a divet on the ice made by another skater, hyperextending my hip. I should have stopped competing and jumping as much as I did but, I was seventeen and stubborn. I continued to compete and put an incredible amount of undue stress on my hips during hours of practicing jumps. Pain became a constant part of my life. An old coworker had seen my Facebook posts chronicling my journey and reached out to me about Evolution Power Yoga. One of the themes of Baptiste Yoga (the style practiced at Evolution) is to “Be a Yes.” I am forever grateful that, despite my initial apprehension, I began practicing in 2016. I set my goal of taking 100 yoga classes that year and to participate in the 40 Days to Personal Revolution program. Three years later I enrolled in their ACCESS Teacher Training program which has given me the opportunity to change the story I have written for myself. I will never forget the very first time that I walked out of a yoga class without any pain at all in my hips. I refuse to let my body fall out of alignment again and I know that takes work. That work means that I show up even when I’m tired. I show up even when I am not feeling the strongest. I will show up because in this practice, even though I’m standing still on my mat in 90+ degrees, I get the same feeling I do when I am in an ice rink flying across the ice.” Visit figlancaster.com to read Victoria’s full story.
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