Stories Yoga Tells: Movement as Metaphor

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Yoga is a natural story teller. When I began my relationship with yoga — a sector of the wellness industry I had previously regarded with not much seriousness — I was searching for ways to navigate anxiety and depression. I came to the craft in hopes of diving deeper into meditation, but came to it warily, in many ways judgmental of the Western economization of an ancient Eastern tradition. I, like many skeptics…