Beginning at the beginning.

The Living Sutras

The Yoga Sutras are often approached as a philosophical text. I am approaching them more simply — with curiosity about how they meet the realities of life now.

Over the years, yoga has taken me through many stages: movement, injury, recovery, coaching, and study. My travels through India deepened that curiosity, but they also reminded me how much there is to learn. The Sutras are something I have returned to many times, yet I have never fully worked my way through them.

In this space, I will move through them slowly. Reading carefully. Sitting with the ideas. Noticing how they meet real life — relationships, growth, loss, training, aging, setbacks, and the ordinary moments that shape a practice.

In many ways, this feels like the shapeshift I have been searching for.

These are not teachings or explanations. They are reflections from the path, shaped by decades spent working in movement and by the ongoing process of learning.

Over time, I have come to believe that depth in yoga is not measured by the complexity of posture, but by the steady effort to return to stillness.

This exploration is open to anyone who is curious — whether your practice lives mostly in the body, the mind, or somewhere in between.

I am simply beginning at the beginning.