As a yoga teacher, I frequently get asked if yoga can help with weight loss.  What many of my yoga students don’t realize is that I used to be 60 pounds overweight.

When I share this little fact with them, they almost laugh with total surprise and disbelief...

I grew up in a home that was far from ordinary. My friends jokingly referred to it as Willy Wonka’s factory on crack. My mailbox was shaped like a big pink heart; there was purple trim around the outside of the house; every post on the walkway to my front door and every cabinet in the kitchen was a different pastel color.

For many people, losing weight and keeping it off can be a major struggle.

But, today I want to share with you an insight that I have gained from having been on my own weight loss healing journey.

It was this one simple distinction, which really helped me to change how I felt about my disempowering and struggling relationship with my weight.