I experienced my first yoga class in 1999 and it was instant love. But like any great love affair it had its ebbs and flows. Then in 2009, I became very stressed while working on with refugees in Thailand due to the high emotional demands and constant striving to promote change within an imperfect system. My body was not happy, my mind jammed with my to-do-list, and my heart was craving more than what my life currently offered.