Why does anyone step on a yoga mat for the first time? 

Today, we're talking about tipping points—what compels us to take a healing step in our lives, including the step to show up to yoga for the first time? 

We'll also discuss the lessons I've learned from beginning to teach yoga, lessons that may move you whether you've ever practiced downward dog or not. Lessons about tenacity, self-love, speaking up, and touch.

Ashley Asti is a wellness and yoga teacher, creator of an organic skincare line designed to honor our bodies and our planet, and author of several books including Yoga Heartsongs, The Moon and Her Sisters and I Have Waited for You: Letters from Prison.