My name is Hudson Leick. I’ve been practicing yoga for twenty one years. I started taking yoga in New York City and after each class I would find such peace and calm. Experiencing that was completely new and strange to me. As I practiced more with many different teachers, I learned so much more than perfecting a yoga pose. I learned to breathe, how not to get it perfect, to try something new, and to lighten my heart. I came from a very dark place in my teens and twenties. I feel yoga saved me. It opened me up. I would cry in class without knowing why and I was accepted. Through yoga, I have been able to connect to my own spirituality – something that I not only did not believe in, but was angry at the mere thought of. Yoga has continued to open me, soften my heart, and heal aspects of my life that deeply needed healing. …MORE