Let's talk about crisis. Gosh, we've seen plenty of those in the past couple of years, individually and collectively. And crisis can bring change, but it's bittersweet. Usually the change is good, but it's unfortunate that it takes a crisis to make it happen.

Often when someone takes up yoga, it's because they're experiencing a crisis - they're feeling broken in some way - and they're looking for help. A yoga practice gets them back on track, and it can be a long road to reconnect mind to body.

But recently something special has happened: people are taking up a yoga practice when they're feeling great. This has already been a record teaching year for me. My in-studio coaching sessions are back-to-back, and the public classes I teach are full. I'd like to think it's all because of my utterly engaging presence, but really something else is going on: people feel good and are soberly building up even more resilience. Consider how unique this is;normally when we feel good we sit back and indulge in less, er, constructive activities.

Imagine the benefits of working on wellness when we're well: we're more equipped to absorb what we're learning, there are fewer hurdles to overcome, and we're optimizing our resilience in order to better cope with the next crisis when it inevitably comes (sorry).

May we all be bold enough to celebrate wellness with more wellness!