NAME: Saori Funawatari AGE: 39 OCCUPATION: Yoga teacher and practitioner YOGA YEARS:17
Why did you start yoga? I was curious. In 2002, when I first tried a class in a community centre in Chiswick, London with my friend, yoga seemed a new thing; not as many people were doing it compared to now. Now almost everyone has done a yoga teacher training, it seems. I tried more classes in gyms where I met a few teachers who inspired me and helped me to find a new me, or one that I did not know existed; I could do so much more than I thought possible. Around that time, I was doing competitive sports and injuring myself, so I wanted to stay fit in a safe way. Yoga seemed the best choice for that. Not only that but also after a practice I felt great and grounded, and wanted to come back to it more often, so I decided to commit to it more seriously.