Yoga Journey

(a very abridged version)

I took my first yoga class circa 2002 when I was studying abroad in London. I was not a fan. The class felt slow and quiet, and really a bit too much ado about nothing.

Fast forward through my first panic attack, first law firm job, first marriage, some disordered eating, and a bummer bout of depression, and somehow I found myself in a Hatha class taught by Angela Culbertson in St. Louis, Missouri. I didn’t know what Hatha was, but I liked how it made me feel, so I went back.

In Angela’s class, I learned that I could calm my thoughts and still my own mind. I had no idea that such a thing was possible, and it was a powerful discovery.

I am glad that I gave yoga another chance, and I am forever grateful to Angela and her Hatha teachings.

Twenty years later, I am on a short break from my corporate law job and nearing the end of a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training course at Folk in San Francisco. I hope that one day soon I will be able help people like Angela helped me.

Maybe I’ll see you in my class!

xoxo

-ash