First, Karen, my dear sweet friend and devoted student of ten years (has it really been that long???), let me say congratulations on the new book and platform.  I’m thrilled to be here discussing yoga for your new Honor Your Health series.

My name is Kristen Conley Leighton and I am a passionate yoga practitioner, dreamer, and storyteller.

I’ve been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching it since 2005.

I’m the founder of Windsong Yoga which strives to bring old school yoga to diverse populations using modern language, a little bit of grace, and a whole lot of humor.

I can’t really remember making a conscious decision to teach yoga.

It seems like one of those happy accidents.  I had questions—big questions—especially after my first true yoga teacher put The Bhagavad Gita in my hands. Several long conversations later, she encouraged me to sign up for a teacher training.  Even thouhg I had no desire to teach, she assured me that I’d get answers to many of my questions.  It seemed an odd place for me to be; after all, I was essentially kicked out of my very first yoga class (politely asked not to bring my anxious, hard-charging ass back).  I’d spent ten years wandering in and out of different yoga classes, devouring the book, Light on Yoga, and practicing with Rodney Yee on VHS tapes (remember those?) when I timidly entered my first teacher training with Stephanie Keach in Asheville, North Carolina. Keep reading