From Bombs to Bridge Poses: Rima Rabbath’s Transformation Story

Rima Rabbath is one of Jivamukti’s top yoga teachers. Attending one of her beautiful classes, you’d never guess the life that brought her to a yoga mat. This week on The Courage to Change with Lisa Kirchner, we bring you her inspiring story.

Rima’s life began in the war-torn city of Beirut. At any given moment she and her family might have to drop everything and hide in an underground shelter, for anywhere from a couple days to a few weeks – literally living each day minute to minute. Growing up this way taught her to make the most of each moment, finding beauty, peace, and joy in the here and now. What she did not foresee is that yoga would enter her life and turn out to be the perfect expression of this belief system.

During this time, Rima was also a competitive tennis player. Today she credits that experience with giving her the understanding of what it means to have a daily practice, and how that consistency leads to a special kind of freedom.

Prior to transitioning into teaching yoga full-time, Rima earned an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and worked in corporate marketing at Colgate-Palmolive. Click here to listen to this week’s episode. Or, join our LIVE Facebook chat, here on Friday, May 16 at 11:30pm. Ask Rima questions and get access to her incredible knowledge of yoga, and hard-earned wisdom.

And, as always, we’d love to hear from you! Maybe you have your own story of that time in your life when you found the inner strength to make a change. Hit us up on Facebook, Twitter or through the email link on the website, and let’s get your story out into the world.

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