Reflections on my yoga practice:

• Yoga is not what I do with my body, it is what I do with my life.

• Practice can be short and still be valuable.

• The strongest practice often looks like the gentlest.

• Faster is not better especially if it allows me to avoid feeling what is asking to be felt.

• I no longer practice to achieve or become more flexible. Practice is not performance, there has never been anything to prove.

• Each season changes the way I want to practice and I have learnt to honor those shifts.

• The magic is in leaning to slow the transitions down because off of the mat, I can slow down in my life, and therefore cause less harm to myself and others.

• What I resist persists.

• Wisdom always brings me back to the mat, no matter how much time has passed.

• I practice now because I know when I will need it most I will not be on my mat.

• Vigorous practice is essential. It challenges my comfort zone, expands my window of tolerance and increases my resiliency.

• It is normal to feel activated or triggered on the mat. It is how we learn to bring ourselves back to center. It is how we learn which skills help us regulate. We get to carry these skills into our lives.

• A practice without spirituality, deep intention and inspiration fails to support me.

• Savasana is not optional. It is the peak moment of your practice.

• What you do, who you are, and how you treat yourself and others once you leave your mat is a testament to the true depth of your practice.