''Everything happens for a reason. Someday everything will make perfect sense. But until then, just believe and never give up!''
Dorotea is just a normal 23 years old girl, nutritional science student whose decision to lose weight and feel better in her own body led to many other amazing things, some of them being her new born love for yoga and constant thriving to live a positive, healthy and productive life. Her Instagram profile has an evergrowing following as she daily shares beautiful photos of yoga poses, spreading the message of loving yourself, appreciating and nurturing your mind and body the right way. Here's what we found out about her!
"I was always what you'd call it 'a bit chubby', but never saw it as a problem", Dorotea started to tell us her story. "Society, however, did. I was bullied and teased for it, mostly by unknown kids from the park, but what hurt me the most is when my best friend at the time decided to call me 'Fatty'. And I thought it was normal until one day my dad asked me why do I let her call me like that. These things have never actually broke me down as a person, but if you think it didn't hurt me and left a big scar, you are mistaken."
"So, how and when it all started - your decision to lose weight and take over the control over your body and life?"
"As years passed by, I gained more and more weight and nobody, none of numerous doctors and food counselors didn't seem to know how to help me. Then I realized that the only person that can change this is myself. I was around 14 back then." What followed, Dorotea remembers, was all kind of crazy restriction diets that make you lose weight short-term, but in the end just fuck up your metabolism and make you binge and feel guilty for not being able to stick to those mad regimes. That torture lasted 5 long years. Feeling miserable and without any hope, one day the salvation came in the form of an unexpected invitation to a nutrition club by a friend.
"I usually would have never said ''yes'', but at the time my attitude was ''it can't be worse than this''. So I said yes and that moment is the moment that has changed my life."
"At the exact same time I discovered Blogilates and fell in love with Pop Pilates. I was one of those people who HATED P.E. classes and after my 3 years pause from doing any sports whatsoever, I started enjoying sports for the first time in a long long time. I didn't just fall back in love with it – the love towards fitness got on a whole new level for me. But this didn't help me fall back in love just with sports, it helped me fall back in love with myself and my body as well. As conceited as that may sound. I learned how to respect every single inch of my body and soul and I am beyond thankful for that."
"Tell us about your yoga journey!"
"One day I started getting this excruciating pain somewhere under my rib cage. I did all the tests and according to them everything was okay with me, the doctors just told me to rest, rest and rest. And just like that my working out 5-6x a week turned into zero.
Not the pain, but not working out was the most devastating part for me. I came into this stage where I felt so miserable I didn't want to get out of bed. And even if I did, I used to look myself straight up in the mirror and tell to myself ''you are okay''. Our mind is a powerful thing and you wouldn't believe how much little things like this could have an influence on you.
But, I knew this couldn't go on anymore so I started searching for ways of healing my mind. Before all of this I was very skeptical about yoga and totally underestimated its power. And when left with no other choice I turned to yoga. And only then I discovered the true beauty of yoga. It brought my soul back to life and every day since then I have been falling in love with it more and more."
"Passion is what drives me and when things seem so hard I just remember why I am doing everything that I am doing. It's really as simple as that - find something you love and let it be your one and only."
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