“Over time, I had to unlearn a lot about what yoga was supposed to be. Not because yoga is inherently harmful, but because the way it’s often taught didn’t match the reality of my body.

This is what I’ve learned about practicing yoga in a body with chronic pain.”

“At some point, I realized that surviving winter had quietly become my only goal. I wasn’t listening to the season, or to myself—I was just getting through it. Learning to think of winter as a verb gave me a way back into the season, not by adding more to my plate, but by paying closer attention. After a few years of practicing wintering and continuing my studies, here are some invitations for you to begin your own.”

“I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissues that causes me to experience hypermobile joints and tight muscles, as my body works to compensate and hold my skeleton together. It means I’m accustomed to making my own modifications when I take classes in an effort to not accidentally overextend joints. Yet this was the moment I realized I needed to add another lens to my approach: learning how to move in an overweight body…”

“While the heat and vigor of a strong practice like Power Flow or Original Hot Yoga can be profoundly transformative, balance asks for something more: stillness. That’s where Yin Yoga enters the picture as the quiet, cooling counterpart to our fiery practices and busy lives…”