03/04/2026
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๐ฆ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ.
For most of my life, I thought teaching was my forever career. But as each school year went by and each summer came to an end, I realized I had less and less in my cup.
I was giving everything I had to the 115 middle schoolers I cared deeply about. I would come home run down, overstimulated, and exhausted. I found myself deciding between using the precious hours after work to spend time with my family or to teach yoga. My own practice was slipping, and I could feel myself drifting away from the very thing I was always telling my students and my yoga classes: that taking care of yourself matters.
So I recommitted to my own practice. And in doing that, I had a realization. It didnโt have to be like this.
Leaving my salary, my steady tenured teaching position, and the friends and students I loved might seem like the boldest decision I could have made.
But honestly, it was the easiest.
Because I knew it would give me the chance to put my babies on the school bus in the morning and be there to take them off in the afternoon. I knew it would allow me to be more present, happier, and a better mom.
The dream I have always had wasnโt to open a studio.
The dream was to be the best mom I could possibly be. To be present for my kids. To make the most of this life.
Lila Within was born from that dream.
And to everyone who has walked through our doors, practiced beside me, supported this space, and helped build this community: thank you.
Know that I want to give as much back to you as you have given to me. ๐ค
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