Dear Sample,

I am sitting on the porch, freshly resituated, the porch that is, not me, listening to the sound of the spring cicadas and some occasional omnipotent rolling thunder. A signal of more April showers on their way. 

A couple of birds with a mysterious sound screech in the close distance. I look for signs of their movement through the screen as the breeze picks up and Benji pants, waiting for me to pause with pen and throw a pop fly. I pause. 

It has been a week of balancing work with caring for myself after a tumultuous couple weeks of heartache, big shifts, and still spring blossoms everywhere reminding me of the beauty of impermanence.

I have been with a few close friends this weekend, enjoying the rain, and soaking up the healing connection and presence one can only get when surrounded by true friendship, the great kind that you can just show up for, as is, anytime, anywhere. 

Kind of like the mat. 

You knew I was going to say that, didn’t you?

My practice is a place for exploration, play, and growth. 

But really it is a beautiful landing spot. 

Just get there. Land. And the rest will unfold.

Yesterday we began a month of practices all curated around the theme of Trust.

In a culture that reinforces our need for immediate results, regular at home practice simply focuses on the incredible power of showing up. Trust that the rest will work it out from there.

Click here to read more about our community theme and receive your free calendar and playlist for May. Please note: there will be core. 

Thank you to everyone who joined me and friend and Austin City Council Member last week for our chat on Self Care & Community Service! While it may seem vanilla, this topic is rich and complex, to me.

For me it all boils down to a single fundamental truth that your well-being is my well-being.

Your well-being and your neighbor’s well-being are one in the same. 

There is also the element of energy. One can have good intentions, visions of healing others, a solid desire to serve. But in order to turn good intention into acts of service, to action, you have to have energy in the tank.

Finally, self care to me is the practice of knowing and understanding yourself. It is not cucumbers on the eyes and a mud mask. Though, those things are lovely. To lead with confidence, stand up for others, use your voice - you have to have self awareness. And the depth of your self awareness depicts the depth of your connection to others. 

The quality of your self awareness depicts the quality of your connection with others.

As I write this there are many people in our community hurting, suffering, and managing their way through stressful situations.

We are a global family. Our practice unites us. Our breath binds us. 

I will close your love letter today by reminding you that with this letter comes my commitment to you and your wellbeing, and subsequently mine too. 

I will also close with a humble request that you donate to help the members of our community in India right now who have been hit with another excruciating and devastating wave of Covid19.

With reverence and respect for the roots of yoga and its origins, I urge us all to lean in and give what we can. You may not know that a beautiful portion of YWA community resides in India, practicing with over 10 million views in 2020. Behind those views are individuals of the global family we are a part of, and their families. They are part of this intentional community that has been brought together by our shared practice. They need us right now. And their communities beyond the mat do too. Very much so.

If you can contribute, I encourage you to share any amount today. It will help save lives.

You might do your research to find other organizations to donate to but here is a direct link to contribute to Give India and read more about their incredible missions. 

You might also choose to dedicate your first practice of this week to those who have been shaken by this trauma.

Your well-being is your neighbor’s well-being. 

Let’s take a breath now. 

Inhale love in. 

Exhale love out. 



Welcome May. 




Yours truly, 

Adriene 

If you could trust your soul, you would receive every blessing you require. 

Life itself is the great sacrament through which we are wounded and healed. 

If we live everything, life will be faithful to us.

John O'Donohue

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