Hanoi mother of 3 and the unexpected journey to become a yoga queen at the age of U40

(Dan Tri) - Although approaching the age of 40, Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022 Nguyen Son still maintains her beautiful appearance like a girl in her twenties. She exudes a fresh aura and energetic beauty.

I used to see myself as rickety as an old lady.

Nguyen Son, born in 1984 in Soc Son (Hanoi), is known as the winner of the Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022 contest. Although she is older than the contestants and is the mother of 3 children, she is still honored in the beauty contest, where the beauties of the 3 regions of the country gather. Those who meet her for the first time cannot guess her real age because of her beautiful appearance and slim, toned body. In response to questions that seem incredulous, she always smiles and says: "It's all thanks to yoga!".

Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022, Nguyen Son.

Recalling her journey to yoga, Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022 shared that she had back pain since she was quite young. Every time the weather changed, the back pain made her restless and had trouble sleeping, disrupting her life a lot. After getting married and giving birth to 3 children, her back seemed to "react" more violently. Unable to bear the pain, Ms. Son went to a central hospital for examination. The doctors concluded that she had a herniated disc in the lumbar spine L4 - L5, cervical spondylosis... "At that time, I felt like an old woman. My body was aching and tired, causing me to lose sleep often. The pressure of business and 3 young children made me even more tired," Ms. Son recalled. Unable to let herself "age prematurely", instead of taking medicine right away, Ms. Son learned about therapeutic exercise methods to improve her health.

She said: "It was 2017, I started going to practice community yoga classes. The first exercises had the effect of stretching and making the vertebrae elastic. The pain in the spine and neck gradually decreased. I slept better. Feeling the positive factors, the more I practiced, the more I became absorbed. My degenerative spine disease was due to congenital factors, so every time I had signs of pain, I meditated and practiced the appropriate movements. Just a few minutes later, I felt comfortable immediately. Just like that, the disease did not get worse but improved 80-90% thanks to yoga". Her health improved, her spirit was refreshed, and her skin became more and more beautiful. Her body was firm and no longer had the flabby appearance of mothers after giving birth. According to Ms. Nguyen Son, yoga has helped her change a lot, not only in her health but also in her family life.

"Women play an important role in every family. The mood of each person determines the harmony in the family. Indeed, since I started practicing yoga, my family has had more laughter, things that used to make me tired suddenly became lighter when I opened my mind, learned how to face and overcome... My husband and children were also given positive energy", shared the Queen of Yoga Vietnam. Yoga also helped Ms. Son carry out a "dietary revolution", eating healthy foods, limiting fatty foods, carbonated drinks... Yoga brought her to a healthy lifestyle and followed the principle of "knowing how to cherish health instead of waiting until you get sick to rush to get treatment".

According to Ms. Son, yoga practitioners need to practice in the correct alignment to avoid unfortunate injuries.

Vietnam's first yoga queen

Realizing the great benefits of yoga, in 2019, Ms. Nguyen Son decided to quit her business altogether, even though at that time, the fashion store brought her family a considerable income. There were times when she attended specialized classes and training courses to improve her own abilities. Seeing Ms. Son give up her stable business to pursue a new career without knowing the effectiveness, some relatives and friends also tried to dissuade her. They advised her to think carefully. However, the mother of three still decided to follow her choice. She thought that this was an "investment plan", no matter what, she would still make a profit. The first profit was in health and clarity of mind. Just like that, she spread her passion for yoga to more and more people through community yoga classes and specialized yoga classes. In 2022, with the encouragement of friends, relatives and teachers, she registered to participate in the Miss Yoga Vietnam contest.

Nguyen Son fully demonstrated the beauty of yoga. Recalling that memory, she shared: "Honestly, when I registered to participate in the program, I was a bit self-conscious and had certain vague thoughts. Because the contest had up to 100 beautiful and talented candidates from all over the country. There were many young contestants, some of whom were not even married yet... However, after that, I still tried to practice and participate in all the rounds because I thought it was a good opportunity to widely promote yoga to the community". The Miss Yoga Vietnam contest also has its own characteristics, different from other beauty contests. That difference made what Ms. Son thought was her weakness become her strength.

Ms. Son was praised by her friends for looking younger than when she first started practicing yoga. Through the rounds of the competition, she showed off the physical and mental beauty of a woman practicing yoga. The judges as well as the contestants were completely convinced by Ms. Son's journey to yoga and the dramatic change thanks to yoga. 2022 is the first year the beauty contest honoring women practicing yoga is held. Ms. Nguyen Son therefore became the first yoga queen of Vietnam. "Yoga helps me to compete in beauty contests at nearly 40 years old. That is just one of the countless benefits that this subject brings," said the Vietnamese Yoga Queen.

After 2-3 months of accompanying Ms. Son, many students have completely eliminated symptoms of pain and fatigue.

Share useful yoga knowledge to the community

Coming out of the competition, in parallel with teaching yoga, Nguyen Son also actively participates in volunteer activities at hospitals, helping patients in difficult circumstances. In each volunteer activity, she often shares useful yoga knowledge with the community. At present, meeting Nguyen Son, the reporter sees that she seems not much different from the time she was crowned Miss Yoga Vietnam. Although she is almost 40 years old, she still maintains her beautiful appearance like a girl in her twenties. She still exudes a fresh spirit and a simple but energetic beauty.

"The most important thing when practicing yoga is to practice regularly every day, often, throughout life. If you only practice for a short time and expect immediate results, it will be very difficult."

Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022 Nguyen Son

Although she is often busy with her current activities, every morning or late afternoon, she still accompanies hundreds of students to practice and teach yoga. Many students have been inspired by her and have had great changes in their health and spirit. Many people with good expertise have even opened their own classes. Talking about her goals, Vietnam Yoga Queen 2022 said: "I want to share more and more of the benefits I have gained from yoga with everyone. I also want many people, especially women, to shine and be honored."

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Content: Toan Vu - Pham Hong Hanh

June 23, 2023

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