When I first began practicing yoga, I had no idea what I was doing. I struggled my way through a handful of classes, hot Bikram style yoga classes. I wore fleecy sweatpants because that's all I had at the time and it was 105 degrees in that yoga room. It was disgusting. I wasn't athletic or even active. I pretty much despised every minute of those classes. But something drew me back. 

 

Eventually, I fell away from the practice citing the usual excuses, it was too expensive, I didn't have the time, it was so hard, blah blah blah. A number of years later, on a lark, I stumbled into another yoga class. I was approaching 40 and I was out of work, overweight, depressed, living with a parent. I was lost. I showed up for that first class and I've never looked back. It was literally a turning point in my life. The yoga was still hard and the room was still hot. The prices hadn't gone down over the years either. The difference this time around was that I didn't hide behind my old excuses. I got front and center and I showed up. I showed up for myself. For the first time in my life, I showed up for myself. 

 

The rest, as they say, is history (in the making nonetheless). Just over five years from that day when I finally showed up for myself, I opened The Woods Yoga. Just like the practice of yoga, the business of yoga is not easy, it takes a lot of time, and it is also quite expensive. But I am called to show up. And this time, I'm not just showing up for myself, I am also showing up for you. I am humbly in your service and I look forward to sharing this journey with you. 

 

The light in me honors the light in you, Christine