One week, you’re springing out of bed, excited to practice. The next, you’re dragging yourself to the mat.
Practice can feel a lot like being in the ocean. The current can be deceptive. You think you’re in control, you think you’re exactly where you need to be—and then suddenly, you realize you’ve been carried downstream.
As far as I can see, that is simply part of the practice.
The failure to maintain a yogic state is considered one of the nine obstacles in yoga. And this is one of the gifts of practice: it reveals the obstacles within us.
It shows us, time and again, where we become careless. Where we lose our awareness. Where we make progress and then somehow allow it to slip away.
Often, we don’t even notice it happening until one day we look around and realize:
How did I get all the way down here?
So, what do you do when you find yourself there?
You begin again.
Without regret. Without punishing yourself for how far you drifted. Without allowing the fact that you lost your way to become the reason you stop walking.
You simply start again.
To me, this is what it truly means to walk a disciplined path and seek a deeper spiritual identity. You may fail—sometimes greatly—and yet, you persist.
You respond positively.
And it is through that positive response, through the willingness to continue moving forward, that wisdom begins to emerge.
We choose to walk a worthy path through life even when the victory we gain, the success we experience, or the love we discover looks entirely different from what we once imagined.
There is something powerful about choosing the high road of optimism, creativity, and possibility as we transition from the ideals we held in our youth into the realities we encounter as we age.
We resist giving up on ourselves.
Instead of giving in, we continue the work of growing and transforming, beginning exactly where we find ourselves each day.
We diligently renew our connection to Sacred Source.
We return to the practice.
We return to ourselves.
And from that place, the bright future we dream of begins to build itself—not because we walked the path perfectly, but because every time we drifted downstream, we chose to return.
Live your dharma. Love your dream.
About Me
Yoga has been part of my life for more than two decades. My practice has helped me become stronger, more flexible, and more fearless—both on and off the mat. More importantly, yoga continues to inspire me to live each moment with greater presence and mindfulness.
I have studied and trained in Northern California and alongside teachers, cohorts, and modalities from around the world. And still, I will always consider myself a student of this practice.
I am deeply grateful for the wisdom, love, and teachings my teachers have shared with me along the way.
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Ultimately, I seek to help others thrive—on the mat, off the mat, and within their own lives.
