My yoga journey started over ten years ago when I first discovered yoga at age 19. I started attending regularly, and participated in various types from hot yoga, to hatha, and vinyasa. After moving to attend university in Green Bay, I fell out of practice and its wasn't until, I picked up a mat again in Santa Barbara, California that I started again.
I always had in mind that I wanted to teach yoga as it has become a great lifestyle for me, and I deeply enjoyed yoga culture. However, I never had in mind the right time. I did however briefly attend massage school at Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute, but ultimately decided it was not for me.
I went back and finished my undergrad, with a degree in urban and environmental planning and briefly worked planning jobs, before mostly focusing on the recreation and wellness industry. I worked as a snowboard instructor in Colorado, and as a campground manager in Texas.
It has been 5 years since graduating college, and I don't have faith that I will necessarily use my degree.
After suffering an accident that left me injured, I left with a bare settlement, since my nervous system was in a state of deep panic and trauma, and headed back west in California.
Since then, in late 2025, October I started volunteering at farms through the WWOOF program, and focused on my passions, which is sustainable, organic food, non-toxic ways of being, a healthy yogic lifestyle, and deprogramming from the industrial world.
I found my passion for yoga again, and began a deep healthy journey of searching for my purpose. I found the culture of yoga and people so warm and welcoming, and enjoyed practice at studios in Southern California, Prana Yoga Center, Corepower, YogaBox, Trilogy Sanctuary, SOMA Yoga, Khaga Yoga, Satorii Yoga, Open Yoga, and many others.
This time around, I want to fully detox from the effects of industrial society, and go to yoga school in Goa, India within the next few months.
I have quickly been losing weight, and feeling more and more in shape, but what is necessary, is for me to feel stable again. I currently only make money from doing food deliveries, around 60$ per day, which just go toward my basics. I don't have family that would support this endeavor, and I would love a miracle breakthrough so that I can make this happen as soon as I can. This would involve selling my car, an older Volvo, and a few possessions I own, which would most likely bring in 2K.
The curriculum and school costs around 3k, and I am planning on finishing and moving around the Asia-Pacific continuing my practice and finding teaching positions, and doing and adding additional training in breath-work and meditation to finish my mission before settling down long-term where I can find work.
After many traumas and difficulties, I am feeling the connection to focus on spiritual and healthy ways of life, and to support others in finding balance, tuning, and alignment.
What I am certain, is that I want this to become the rest of my life. Weather that is returning to the US to teach yoga, or living abroad, this is a turning point in my life.
Will you help me achieve this goal?
I plan on launching my website with further information about me, my journey, and updates on my successes! Blessings!
Feel free to contact me directly on my email: paulsofficeline@gmail.com
