I got into yoga at 18—not for inner peace or enlightenment or whatever else the internet was promising—but because I had back pain no doctor could figure out. Simple as that.
But somewhere along the way, something shifted. Yoga didn’t just stretch my spine—it gave me space to breathe, to think, to be in my body in a way I hadn’t been before. At the time, I didn’t even have the language to say “I have anxiety.” Yoga helped me realize that. And then helped me work through it.
Now, I teach yoga rooted in that same intention.