a yoga class where people are meditating
The author, not pictured, is now a yoga teacher.
  • My parents taught me about the joys of sports and exercise; they also joined in on the fun.
  • As an adult, I am still athletic, and I'm a yoga teacher; I thank my parents for that. 
  • I tell my yoga students they didn't need to start young like me; they just need to stick with it.

When I became a yoga teacher four years ago, I noticed that people always asked me the same questions — the most prominent being, "How did you get started?"