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Embracing the Waves: The Ocean Within

A Journey of Resilience and Mindfulness

Yiğit Kaan Şahbazoğlu
4 min readJan 14, 2024

The Voyage Begins

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It was the dawn of the seventh day of our voyage when the waves started getting bigger, scarier, and more ominous than ever. After a decade of facing such challenges and emerging victorious, Captain Mishler knew how to weather the storm. With calmness and a smile that comes from wisdom, she uttered the words:

Let’s welcome the ocean…

Rediscovering Practice

By the end of 2023, I had fallen off my daily practice and like millions of others, I wanted to get back on track with the coming new year. So, I’ve signed up for the 30-Day Yoga Challenge by Yoga with Adriene. Before even seeing the challenge, I had been contemplating the concept of the “open sea” as a metaphor to uncertainty of life. When I saw that this year’s challenge theme was “Flow”, it felt like there was a synchronicity at play.

The Power of Ujjayi & The Ocean Within

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Yiğit Kaan Şahbazoğlu
Yiğit Kaan Şahbazoğlu

Written by Yiğit Kaan Şahbazoğlu

My personal journey to the literary open sea. Riding the waves, exploring new lands, and questioning the existence under the starry night sky...

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