Madeleine Luise Arena is an eating-disorder survivor and recovering perfectionist turned yoga teacher. She believes in the power of cultivating balance and contentment through the practices of yoga.
Born and raised in Germany in a Canadian household she took the leap 7 years ago and moved across the world to Canada where she studied Interior Design but ultimately decided she will ditch all of her education and follow her dream of location independence and freedom.
On this path, she found the yoga practice, or perhaps the yoga practice found her. it was the first time in her life she felt she could move her body without focusing on calories or miles or pounds, but rather on her breath, her mind and how her body feels, learning to listen and honour, rather than punish and abuse.
Her mission is with yoga is to begin cultivating a better relationship with ourselves, and the world around us. it’s about discovering who you are, and intentionally engaging in the world.
it's about knowing and respecting yourself so that you can show up in your life in a way that reflects who you want to be and what is important to you. it's about harnessing the tools of yoga to live a more balanced, joyful life.
In this conversation, we talk about living with an eating disorder, feminism, quitting and rerouting your life, the transformation of yoga, her struggle with Alopecia areata and living a balanced life.
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Madeleine L. Arena
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