"Smile, breathe and go slowly"

As an athlete I've always enjoyed moving my body, but before yoga I certainly wouldn't have considered myself body aware…quite the opposite.  More often than not, I would put my body through the ringer; pushing through pain and injury, consciously putting myself into harms way for the sake of a couple more points on the board. My idea of yoga back then was stretching up to grab a rebound.  It wasn’t until I traveled around South East Asia in 2003 that I discovered yoga.  

I’ll admit it wasn’t love at first sight, yoga was hard and I was resistant. However, with time and attention my awareness grew and I experienced more openness in both body and mind.  I realized that mindful movement partnered with conscious breath was an extraordinarily transformative practice, a practice that I needed to share.