Tag: journey

  • #yogasavedme

    #yogasavedme

    In honor of International Yoga Day, Yoga Journal launched a campaign calling for stories from the yoga community of how #yogasavedme. So many inspiring stories of courageous souls who shared overcoming depression, disorders, body image issues, grief…the list goes on. As soon as I saw the post and story after story of strength, healing, vulnerability…

  • I Can Hold Space For This Now

    I Can Hold Space For This Now

    I’m not sure what caused it but I looked at our wedding photos the other night. It was late and I was alone. I’m not sure what caused it but I thought of you and couldn’t find you anywhere. So I looked back. Back to 7 years ago when it all began. I wondered if…

  • My Body

    My Body

      It has been a lifetime and I finally begin to feel you are my home. I am still learning what it means to be in my skin. I have struggled with my curves, my height, my butt, my weight…there was always something. It was never enough. An impossible standard of what it means to…

  • Why I Fell in Love with Yoga

    Why I Fell in Love with Yoga

    In college I borrowed my roommates “Yoga for Beginners” DVD. I laid on the floor of our dorm room with my legs up the wall thinking ‘this is pointless’.  I had heard that yoga was good for you but this was not for me. I liked high-intensity workouts and this seemed like a boring, gentle…