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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.