Amelia Akers

I attended my first yoga class after a particularly stressful week during my freshman year of college. Having been struggling with anxiety and depression for some time, I felt desperate to find something that could clear tension from both my mind and body. I was insecure, foggy-minded, and unbalanced. Yoga changed all of that.

Yoga has become my escape, the one place my mind and body can be totally in sync.

As my practice has deepened in the years since, I have begun to fully appreciate the role this practice plays in my life. I feel my strongest and most beautiful (inside and out) when I am on my mat. Every time I deepen a pose or learn to breathe through a new one, I am amazed at how far I have come from that first class.

This practice has brought me so much and my ultimate goal is simply to share that feeling with others.