This past week kicked my butt. It was the second week of school and I returned from my 40th birthday weekend vacation at midnight on Monday (in case you are wondering, that’s never a good idea). Entering into my week was already destined to be rough, but then add on to it all the start of the school year - and life - demands and I was completely overwhelmed. My yoga practice has helped me over the years to manage the ups and downs of life in a reasonably sane way. Most of the

I was asked a few years ago to write a letter to a very special young lady in my life with any advice I had for her as a gift. I came across what I wrote to her and realized that the words I shared were not only things I wish someone would have shared with me at her age but are things that I still need to be reminded of today. I realized that much of what I wrote shared tenets of yoga philosophy and tips on how to live your yoga. I’m sharing this with the hope that regardless