My Approach to Yoga

While Yoga can absolutely assist in healing work on many levels, to understand Yoga through a western psychological lens is a gross misrepresentation of what the practice actually is . And, yes, yoga helped me heal, but it is neither a place to escape the world or a facet of western psychology. Yoga has it’s own ancient, animist way and my aim is to recognize and honor that by how I choose to practice, teach, and live.

As a student of Sri Vidya Tantra, I experience my asana practice as embodied prayer that moves and directs energy in powerful and profound ways.  My full practice cannot be siloed; it is present in every breath I take. At its roots, it is a practice of sitting in the sacred fire of transformation, making devotional offering of my life to that which is so much greater, and finding ways to walk inside paradox in an embodied and relational way — a way that helps expand “me” into “we” and into the greater sacred body of life.

Also, when Yoga relates with Tantra, they drop you in the middle of the living breathing chaos of the world and ask “now whatcha gonna do with that?”. And that keeps things interesting.