Yoga as Transformation

Tomorrow I teach my first yoga class at the Morris County Jail. ( I finally broke in.)  As I was doing my own practice this afternoon, I was thinking about how at different times of my life yoga has been been a life line for me. I have a tendency to disconnect from my body during times of emotional or physical stress. Luckily for me, I have spent a life time accumulating physical skills that "call me back into my skin." This knowledge is a great wealth to me.  Tomorrow when I introduce the yoga program to the inmates who have signed up for the yoga program, I will tell them some stories about how yoga has transformed me over the many years that I have practiced.  I will tell them that my hope for them is that they will also have yoga skills to draw upon when life becomes challenging.  I will pray for the eloquence to inspire tomorrow.  As always I am grateful for the opportunities that I have to share yoga with many people.