Why Yoga

I am 44 years old and didn't find yoga until almost 3 years ago. I have been a fad exerciser, I have had gym memberships and have enjoyed going to various classes, but nothing has ever stuck as something that I hope to do for the rest of my life. I attend for a while and then get distracted or busy or just plan loose interest. I tried a yoga class at the gym one time about 10 years ago and it was torture. I could not just lay there and relax I had a million things that needed to get done and trying to turn the outside world off and focus while just laying there was impossible for me. That was the one and only experience I had with yoga and I had no interest in ever doing it again. I have a friend that is really into yoga and she tried for years to get me to go and I just was not interested at all.
Three years ago we brought our little girls home from Haiti, I went from having a 10 year old as the youngest child in the home to a 2 year old. She wanted me to sit on the floor and play with her, and read to her. She required constant movement on my part and at 41 I felt like an old lady. Everything hurt, my back ached, my legs couldn't sit crossed legged, it was hard to get up and stand up straight. I am not over weight, although loosing 10 lbs would be wonderful, I had been running for the last 6 months and hated every minute of it but that is what everyone was doing, I needed to do something to feel 20 something again.
My friend that loves yoga, another friend and I were talking she was trying to convince us to come try out the place she does yoga, so we decided to give it a try, I didn't love it at first but I loved the way I felt after. Within a short time of going regularly I could keep up with my now active 3 year old and 6 year old and I love yoga!