Since childhood I have always loved sport and being active, running, cycling, body building skiing and athletics which I performed on a national competitive level. It would never have occurred to me that at the age of 21 I would suddenly and unexpectedly lose my eyesight! For a young, healthy young man it was a cruel shock. Your current life is suddenly in the past and you are left searching for ways to carry on living. Accepting that you are losing your connection with the external world just wasn’t an option. It was necessary for me to turn my attention inwardly. Luckily I already had some idea about meditation and breathing techniques so I focussed my attention on to them. I started to regularly practise meditation and rhythmical yogic breathing techniques and over time I began to get closer to my inner self. After about a year of intensive, daily practise I started to see a spark of hope at the end of that long, dark tunnel. My lost eyesight was no longer my disadvantage, more the opposite. I continued to practise meditation and rhythmical breathing for the next 12-15 years.
