Myth, Movement, Magic

I’ve always loved stories. As a kid, I was glued to the TV and movies, completely swept up in characters and the way they changed over time. Later, I spent 14 years working in the entertainment business in Los Angeles because I’ve always been a little obsessed with character development.

Maybe that’s why the myths in yoga grabbed me the same way. They’re not just old stories about gods and goddesses they’re about us. About the way we trip over the same speed bumps, or the way we turn a small obstacle into a giant roadblock. Ganesha, for example, doesn’t just remove obstacles. Sometimes he puts them there so we slow down, pay attention, and see the bigger picture.

I love how yoga gives us permission to play with these stories. To use our bodies and our breath as ways to step into them and reignite our own divine spark. It’s not about pretending to be someone else it’s about realizing we’ve got that same fire inside us.

For me, that’s the magic: pairing myth with practice lights up the imagination we thought we’d left behind as kids. It reminds us that every stumble is still part of the story and the obstacles are the path.