The Unexpected Reason I Became a Yoga Teacher

I've mentioned before that one day I'd share how I found yoga—and this is that story.

Long before I was teaching yoga, I was teaching cycle classes and pouring everything I had into fitness. I loved connecting with people, but over time I found myself professionally burned out, discouraged by difficult work experiences, and wondering if I was still in the right industry.

At the same time, I kept coming back to yoga.

Not because I wanted to become more flexible or master advanced poses, but because of how it made me feel.

The music. The pace. The kindness of the teachers. The feeling that, for one hour, someone else was taking care of me.

In this subscriber-exclusive episode, I share how those experiences slowly changed the way I thought about movement, why yoga became more than just exercise, and how it shaped the teaching philosophy I still carry into every class today.

This isn't just the story of how I became a yoga teacher. It's the story of finding my way back to the kind of teacher—and person—I wanted to be.

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