They’re Not Poses. They’re Asanas. And the Difference Matters More Than You Think.
Somewhere along the way — probably right around the time yoga went mainstream, got aestheticized, and landed on the cover of every wellness magazine — we started treating the practice like a series of shapes to nail. Hit the right angles. Stack the joints. Make it look like the picture.
We turned a living, breathing practice into a performance.
Not Everyone Will Have Your Heart — And That’s Okay
There’s a piece of advice I’ve carried with me since I was a girl — something a teacher said to me that I’ve never been able to fully put down.
“You’re going to be awfully disappointed if you keep going through life expecting people to have the same heart you do.”