Yoga Teacher Says She Chose Life, Found After 17 Days Lost in Hawaii Forest

Amanda Eller, a yoga instructor who went missing for 17 days while hiking in Maui's Makawao Forest Reserve, speaks from her hospital bed after being rescued at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Hawaii, U.S., on May 25, 2019. SARAH HAYNES - FINDAMANDA/via REUTERS

Rescuers in Hawaii have found a yoga instructor who went missing for 17 days while hiking in a forest reserve and survived by drinking from streams and eating plants.

Amanda Eller, 35, went hiking in Maui’s Makawao Forest Reserve on May 8 but became lost when she walked deeper in the reserve, which covers more than 2,000 acres, instead of heading back to her car as she believed.