Erin McNaughton

After retiring from dance, gaining a career, and having children I realized that I had somehow lost my normal workout routine. I was searching for some sort of physical regime and my first introduction to yoga came as a need for fitness and stress relief. Shortly after my first class, I was hooked. It wasn't until I completed a 21 day challenge that I started to realize the impact yoga would have on my life. From that day on, I knew I had to make it a daily practice. Yoga has proven to be an integral part of finding balance in life for me -- more or less a sanctuary for not only my body, but my mind as well. I became very mindful of the deeper connection I was beginning to have with myself. As my practice deepened, my perception also began to change, not only of myself and yoga but of the world around me. The changes I was making were in all ways positive, and I knew that I wanted to share this gift I had found by helping guide others through their own path. Through yoga, I realized "You must live in the present, launch yourself onto every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their islands of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this." ~Henry David Thoreau