«“My childhood wasn’t an easy one, so by my teenage years I was rebellious and full of angst. My personal heroes were Lou Reed, Sid Vicious, and Siouxsie Sioux,” she explains. “I was agnostic, nonconformist, and essentially anti-everything.”
Despite her defiant attitude, Levitt opened herself up to mindfulness meditation by participating in an eight-week course at an eating-disorders clinic when she was 18. “I was tired of experiencing mood swings and depression,” she says. “I was frustrated living at the mercy of my eating disorder, and I was desperate for a bit of healing.”
After the instructor led her group through a brief practice, the Toronto native felt a flash of ease. “It wasn’t as though my life had changed; there was no huge epiphany or instant healing,” she remembers. “But I was able to taste a few moments of rare and elusive stillness. For me, that was enough to keep coming back.” »
Read more about @TamaraLevitt's mindfulness journey in Experience Life Magazine. Link in bio. Thanks to @jefflipsky and @experiencelifemag for these beautiful photos!