Namaste, I have been practicing yoga for about a year now. I was introduced to yoga by a dear friend through Namaste Yoga on FitTV. It was a very mellow practice but an essential tool for any beginner. Last March I decided to try the P90x workout. I got about two months into that little box set of torture before I had a realization: I found that the only part of the the series that made me feel happy was the weekly yoga practice. It calmed my mind and body and left me with a feeling of lightness I had never before experienced. I loved that so much about a regular yoga practice: the feeling of being in tune and connected with existence at such a radical level, so basic and so real. To me, the practice of yoga means that I can connect to what I am, and not just who I am. I am able to just BE.

Yoga has opened my heart and mind to a spirituality I have never before experienced. I am so thankful to everyone at Yoga One for opening the doors and their hearts to my being present and participating in the community and the practice. Yoga One is an amazing place filled to the brim with extraordinary people.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to succeed.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson