A Yogi Reflects on Yoga as a method of Self-Healing

Self-Healing...
Saying these words in my head takes me back to the reason I practice yoga which was the same as the first moment I stepped onto the mat, Liberation... I needed to be liberated from myself because I was on a path of self-destruction, self-hatred, etc and I needed to change and had no clue how until I stepped on the mat and did a yoga practice. I have not looked back because the self-healing that has resulted by reason of practicing some form of yoga daily changed me at the deepest levels.

I define yoga as the 'resolving the unchecked/chaotic fluctuations of the mind'. It is unhealthy when our minds run rampant unchecked and unresolved, we deteriate in our capacity to handle stresses and chances are we are highly likely to cry over spilled milk. I refuse to see yoga as a set of postures that we move through in a specified amount of time. Certainly the asana's (physical postures) play a vital role in achieving yoga. The asana's are a method of practicing yoga and needs to include an honest examination of the way we practice it, for the way we approach the physical postures is often how we approach life on a daily basis.
My healing is about being mindful, becoming more aware, increasing my ability to perceive and infer correct knowledge when presented with it.
My healing is about using tapas to take me to another level but never at the expense of ahimsa, and when I have harmed myself or others then I need to come back to examining myself truthfully and accepting the consequences of those actions without attaching myself to them.
Today my yoga might just be taking a moment to stare at a candle till my eyes water so that I can learn how to clean another aspect of my being. Or it might be reading an article or writing something related to my healing or yoga in general.

What do you do for Self-Healing?