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What do you think about when you hear the word, “meditation”? Hippies seated in lotus chanting “AUM”? That’s what came to mind for me as well. Yet a voice inside of me wondered if it could be something more. Continue Reading…

From my first thirty minutes as a yogi in training, my social paradigm shattered. Sitting on the hard floor of the studio, around a circle of thirteen strangers, I witnessed something beautiful. Testimony after testimony was shared with the group. Everyone had a passion for yoga that threw all social norms or practical trust to the wind. Continue Reading…

A Square Peg in Round Hole

February 14, 2012

Finding my shape, my identity, in a yoga culture was definitely a journey. Yet I have found it is not only achievable but also agreeable. Yoga is a spiritual path as well as good exercise and for anyone to deny the spiritual implications is naivety. Continue Reading…