As someone who identifies with European heritage, I sometimes feel compelled to push back against one-sided narratives. There is much to critique in Western history—but there is also immense beauty, intellectual richness, and a legacy of ideas that shaped the freedoms many of us now take for granted.

This image should look familiar to many of you who took my 40-Days and 200HR journey. Unfortunately, the wellness and yoga industry often thrives on this dysfunctional personality type. More often than not, yoga communities feel like a gathering space for popular high school gals, no disrespect to teenagers, but when adults in their 30s-50s behave in an avoidant and superficial way, and it is normalized, then something has gone deeply wrong. For this reason, I've been consi