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The Ego is Who We Think We Are
Why I Came to Yoga
I came to yoga in my early college days in 2016. My sister convinced me to tag-along to a Power Yoga class in Charleston. I didn't quite know what to expect, given that my knowledge of yoga was limited and I was under the impression that it was low energy and mostly stretching. When the teacher started to cue the class into breath, I started giggling to myself because it seemed so silly. Throughout that class, as I followed my sister's lead, I started to find my own movement with my breath. I didn't know what was happening, but I knew that I LOVED it.
Why I Stayed
I loved the physical workout aspect of yoga, and for the first few months of my practice, that's what I focused on. That quickly evolved into more of an emotional and spiritual connection. Year after year, I found that the more I went through hard stuff in life, the more I could use yoga to let it all go. Yoga was therapy for me. I'd been through a lot of hard stuff throughout those next few years, and the only place I felt safe was inside the yoga studio. The more I leaned into yoga, the more I felt like I could process events and emotions and heal myself.
Why I Teach
The inspiration and wisdom from my teachers inspired me to help other yogis on their journey. Through journaling, practicing yoga, and traveling, more and more pieces of me were healing and evolving. It took years and so many mini-quarter-life-crises, but I finally made it into a teacher training in 2022, and that was the awakening of it all. I learned more about myself than I could have ever imagined, and I finally felt safe again. Through that training, I gained more than just teaching skills for inside the studio.
I gained knowledge about myself. I gained community. I gained pure and unconditional love for myself. I gained a passion for bridging that gap within other yogis.
This is just the beginning of being totally IN my journey, and I am so excited to share it with you.