Exactly 7 months ago today, I fell.

I fell in my attempts to pretend that I was a good skieur...and it turns out that I am probably not a very good one! ⛷

As I hit that fresh snow powder pretty gracefully actually in a very bizarre slow motion, I immediately realized, hearing the pretty bad sound in my left knee, that life in my body would probably change forever...🎿

And I had to grieve the loss of my Anterior Cruciate Ligament, ACL (and the sense of physical and of course emotional stabillity associated with such injury) and also tried to welcome that bone fracture that would affect my meniscus as well which honestly I had until then largely taken for granted. 

My world collapsed for few days but some bigger news later caught up with my own ego based drama that would actually truly change everybody’s worlds: Covid and its related confinements. 🤯

From my physical confinement, I got hit with the global confinement and truly wondered then what I could do in order not to collapse in some form of depression as I was facing my solitary & double confinement.

As I was trying to accept slowly the worldwide situation and this new (injured) body which could no longer move, Yoga sneaked in again in my life, as my forever special companion...And my dear Yoga, I had to meet you with another lens as if I would meet you for the first time, again.

At first I would just rest on my yoga mat and think about you, Yoga...but then movement came back organically giving some kind a vibrancy in the body even though I could not "do" many yoga shapes....I had to design my own ones...and that approach healed me pretty fast...

Several weeks after my accident I was able to walk again and somehow return to my yoga practice (of course forever changed) and meet again that breathe of fresh air I was longing for in the midst of the global chaos...

At the clinique where I was treated, I soon became the notorious injured yoga teacher on crutches which raised I suppose some curiosity including from my own magic doctor as he was observing my own way towards some form of recovery...

Three months after my accident, I was convinced to start sharing my journey, and my nascent recovery through short videos, simple practices we could do in an injured situation, in that case a knee injury. Today, I still do not have any ACL but for now that feels more than alright!

That journey is now available on line...HERE.

Should you know somebody with a knee injury please feel free to share the link and those practices. They are open to all and I would be so happy if they can be useful.

I am not sure why I write this blurb in English since the videos are for now in French...!

Thanks to @Hirslanden clinique for your trust and for stimulating my own growth on my journey of yoga transmission...✨✨✨

Photo by Anne-Cecile Caillaud