We begin each session in Child's Pose. This is the first step in coming into presence.

Downward-Facing Dog is the pose that we return to the most throughout a yoga practice. I want downward dog to feel like home for me.

Most of us have not achieved the enlightenment necessary to sit still, breathe, and calm our mind. These poses are portals to the present.

Uttkatasana models for me the felt experience needed to turn toward, rather than away, when life get uncomfortable, as it does every day.

After sun salutations, I find it a relief to settle into Warrior. And yet, the moment of stillness after the chaos has its own challenge.

It always amazes me how different my gaze is at this point than it was when I walked into the room.

Tree pose speaks to me because it reminds me to emit my own frequency rather than taking on the frequencies of others.

This pose combines balance, strength, and opening. And when it all comes together -- gaze up, breath flowing -- it feels to me like freedom.

The idea of doing an arm balance seems daunting to my new yogini self. To others, it might be an opportunity to jump right in.

I am a master hider. Back bends, however, are look-at-me poses.

My weekly trip across the bridge to Virginia leads me to teach yoga to formerly-incarcerated women. Yoga brings us together.

What it’s all about: courage, expansiveness, strength, self-expression and vulnerability.

Half Pigeon is a gateway to being open to what we feel, being open to embodied experience, being open as a way to walk through the world.

I like classical headstand because every time I do it, I confront my fear of falling.

I love teaching yoga. But in Washington DC, “I teach yoga” is not the appropriate answer to a query at a dinner party.