This Legacy Is My True Inheritance

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 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲.


Today is International Yoga Day.

And I feel immensely grateful.


Because this beautiful gift of yoga,this way of life rooted in health, discipline, and presence wasn’t something I discovered by myself.


It was passed down to me.


By two of the most important men in my life-

𝗠𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.


My earliest memory of my grandfather is someone who is deeply disciplined about his health.

He was the first person to wake up in the family, way before the sunrise. Doing his Yoga and meditation practice.He had his specific diet.

He used to go swimming and walk no matter what day it was.

Not as a task, but as a sacred way of honouring his body and soul.


𝗛𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.

𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.


And then there’s my father-my very first yoga teacher.

Someone who guided me through my first asanas.

Being a doctor himself he always says, "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚."


Even as an adult when I go off track about my health routine he is there to remind me and pull me back on track.


I feel deeply blessed to be born into a family where health isn’t just a practice,

It’s a 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲, a 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆, a quiet yet powerful way of life.


Legacy isn’t just about continuing a bloodline.

It isn’t about passing down property or wealth.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹.


My words are not enough for how blessed I am feeling now.Being the third generation to carry this legacy of Yoga & Health.



𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮!

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗮! for instilling this value of health in me.


I promise to honour it, live it fully, and pass it on with the same 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 it was given to me.


 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘆 to everyone who is living health as a value. And to those who wish to carry it forward as part 

of their own legacy.


Love,

Pratiksha


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