If you have a body, you have a yoga body. Somewhere along the way, the image of yoga got boxed into unrealistic ideals. But the truth is—yoga was never meant to look one way. It is not about how flexible you are or how your body looks in a pose. It’s about how present you are in your breath, how connected you feel to your center, and how open you are to evolve. Yoga meets you exactly where you are. In every shape, every size, every background. Everybody is a yoga body. Let’s reclaim this truth.

I’m curious, how was your first yoga class that you taught as a yoga teacher? Was it your best ever? I’m going to guess that it wasn’t. I don’t say that to be mean. It’s simply a reality. The high expectations we place on ourselves as teachers to be instantly good the moment we are certified is harmful. We need to emphasize and etch into our hearts that it takes time to be good at teaching. It can take years to get confident standing in front of a room full of people. Let’s normalize lowering ou