Ashley Hanna

THE BEGINNING Prior to Titanium Yoga, Ashley worked in the fashion industry.  Active playing sports, Ashley also enjoyed working out at boutique fitness studios.  She never thought staying in shape would save her life.  THE ACCIDENT On March 3, 2016 Ashley was in a near fatal car accident involving a semi-truck.  She was air lifted to the hospital with a broken right femur, broken right shoulder, and crushed left hand.  Ashley spent eight days in the hospital and had two surgeries.  While in the hospital, she was told she would never return to her active self and the wheelchair she sat in sealed her fate.  This wasn’t the life Ashley pictured. THE DETERMINATION Ashley was determined to be better and more comfortable in her body than she was before the accident.  Ashley spent months in a wheelchair and was prescribed physical therapy and pain pills to cope with her new existence.  After months and months of physical therapy, Ashley’s progress was bleak. Ashley was in pain but didn’t want to take pain pills because she had seen too many episodes of Intervention.  She couldn’t build muscle to walk or raise her arm to shower or grip a glass of water.  That’s when it got bad.  The insurance ran out, and Ashley was stuck.  Ashley became great friends with her surgeon, who is now her hero.  He suggested trying hot yoga.  Ashley took an Uber to a Dallas studio and sat there in her wheelchair.  The heat took her pain away, and she was hooked.  Everyday she went back for more.  Eventually, Ashley started participating and gaining muscle.  Ashley went from a wheelchair to a walker to a cane and then she was free. TITANIUM YOGA WAS BORN Ashley knew that through yoga, she could be stronger and pain free - the person she was before the accident.  Experiencing all of this made her want to help others overcome traumatic experiences through yoga.  Titanium Yoga... the name stems from the titanium hardware in Ashley's body.  Titanium Yoga is born from Ashley's traveling experiences and passion of being unbreakable after going through an experience that would break most.  Ashley has put what she loved from each studio she's practiced at into Titanium Yoga.