“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt

When I think back to the moments that have shaped me to be who I am today, I don’t credit the times of relaxation and peace as the biggest influencers of my character, but rather the times when I was put to the test in terms of my skill and my ability.

I just recently got to push myself to my limits in a month-long immersion program to become a certified yoga teacher—where everyone was 20 years my junior. Becoming a certified yoga teacher was always something I was going to do “someday,” and that someday was pushed off in favor of whatever was most important at the moment. I knew it would be hard work, especially for me, having been a desk jockey for so many years.

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