The Missing Puzzle Piece

on coming out of the spiritual closet

I took my first yoga class at a Gold’s Gym when I was 14. I could hear the ‘roided out dudes grunting below us as the teacher taught me and the one other person in the class the Ujjayi, or Ocean, breath. It was the first time I ever breathed intentionally with movement, and there was something about it that felt so empowering and, well, right. 

I quickly…