Yoga helped Kane Bonke discover a new sense of purpose in life after his dance career ended

I started yoga purely for the physical aspects of keeping my body in shape for my dance career at the time. Yoga kept my body both strong and flexible, however, it took some time before I discovered the spiritual and soulful benefits of the practice. This is when yoga really started to change my life.

Yoga changed my life by becoming my career. After my dance career ended I was lost as that was my identity and how I placed value on myself. I turned to drinking a lot of wine and abandoned yoga and, basically, life. I took myself off to a retreat in Bali to get my life back. During a conversation with a fellow yogi about life, she suggested I gain a yoga teaching certificate. And from that one passing comment it has snowballed. I left Bali and headed to India where I got my 200-hour certificate in ashtanga vinyasa flow. Since then, I have taught in the Middle East, Australia, Japan and I am currently in Shanghai, China where I am starting a new contract teaching yoga. So, yoga has been a part of my life for many years, but now it has become my life.