Life often takes unexpected turns, and for Dimple Bindra, one such twist nearly led her to a tragic end. Yet, from the depths of despair, she found a profound purpose in yoga and meditation, igniting a journey of healing and transformation. Learn more about that, what it’s like to be a yogi reincarnate, and more, in her exclusive MysticMag interview below.
How did you get into the field of Yoga & Meditation and what sparked your interest in it?
How come I’m still alive? I forced my eyes shut… Why am I still breathing? My mind was grasping for an answer… Earlier, I drowned myself with a bottle of sleeping pills because I hated my life. I didn’t want my family to know what happened.
My 15-year-old self couldn’t understand how something so despicable could happen to me. You see, a group of men kidnapped me… I was drugged and brought to a hotel room… There they would keep taking turns doing unthinkable, horrible things to me. I wanted to fight back. But how could I? When I was barely conscious and almost knocked out from drugs they had forced me to take. My mind was screaming for help, I wanted to run. I wanted to die! But the pills did not kill me… Instead, I woke up in a hospital bed. The doctor came to my room and he was like, “Why did you overdose yourself?” I didn’t want to live anymore. That’s all I knew. I was practically just a child, brutally forced to part ways with my innocence so early. At fifteen, I should be in school, worrying about algebra… Not wondering how my life is so hopeless. At fifteen, I should be busy with makeup and talking to my friends about the latest fashion trends… NOT finding ways on how to end my life. How can life be so unfair? Yet in that woozy state in my hospital bed…I realized that God gave me another chance to live as I saw a woman in my dream. She had a skinny, healthy body. Something that a 200-pound teen like myself would be envious of. She had that calm and peaceful aura surrounding her. And she was so pretty, I wished I was her. But wait… It was me, looking at my future self! I couldn’t believe it. Tears after tears kept rolling down my face and I had goosebumps… I shivered at the thought of…“IF I HAD DIED I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT BEAUTIFUL POINT IN MY LIFE.”
Maybe you can relate… Well, perhaps not the literal, dying part, but with giving up. I used to feel trapped because nothing seemed to go right in my life. I was ashamed of my body… Some bunch of guys violated me and did whatever they wanted. I felt like trash. I was obese and felt so ugly. Is this all I was ever going to be? But that woman in my dream. I had to be her. I cannot give up. I stumbled upon a yoga studio in New York three days after I got out of the hospital… Inside, I saw these women who were gracefully changing from one pose to another. There was something so fascinating in their stillness that I wanted to try it too! It hadn’t occurred to me then but that serendipitous day in that yoga studio would change the course of my life for
As I went inside the studio, the yogi teacher asked me if I’d done yoga before… I said, “No.” Then we went through different poses with my eyes closed, and the old Russian yogi speaking Sanskrit. The session finished off with me just lying flat on the floor… And for reasons I couldn’t explain, I was crying. The old Russian yogi came to me and said…
“SAMSARA, YOU WERE A YOGI IN YOUR PAST LIFETIME”
In Sanskrit, Samsara means ‘reincarnation.’ And what he said stuck with me – a 16-year-old girl who wanted nothing in life but to kill herself 3 days ago… That day, I decided to carry my past life learnings and live the life of a yogi. I went to places where I could learn more about yoga… A discipline that people some 5,000 years ago have been practicing to heal their bodies. I went to dangerous places to learn from teachers…Even places where no girl should ever go because it’s not safe. But I still went because I wanted to learn.
What does it mean to be a yogi reincarnate?
A person who was a yogi in their previous lifetimes. I found out that through my first teacher but as I got into teaching yoga and meditation, I had multiple visions of my past showing me that my purpose is still not completed and needs to be fulfilled in this lifetime, which is to heal myself first and then others.
Can you walk me through one of your Yoga or Meditation Coaching sessions?
Once I know what the student is suffering from, I make them do a series of different introspections to guide them on why they have that problem and explore the root cause of the issue. then we go on a yogic practice for the body if they are suffering with weight issues or other chronic illnesses. But if the problem is more mental – which is anxiety, depression, relationship issues, etc., I guide them on yogic way of thinking and to start a meditation practice to stop the flow of thoughts that are causing the suffering in the first place.
What can people expect from your private coaching?
They expect to reach their goals by doing the work through exploration, introspection, yogic and meditation practice that are guided to them. People also heal certain deep-rooted negative behaviours in order to have a fulfilling life filled with purpose.
To learn more about Dimple, you can visit www.dimplebindra.com and her social media linktr.ee/dimplebindra – www.facebook.com/dimple.bindra – www.instagram.com/dimplesbindra
