Perspectives

Essays and reflections on women’s lives, caregiving, mental health, leadership, capacity, and the systems that shape what we are asked to carry.

Elizabeth O'Brien Elizabeth O'Brien

The Picture Before the Tears

A reflection on yoga, parenting, nervous system capacity, and the quiet truth that we are always more complicated than the picture. After a hard morning with one of my children, my 250th yoga class became less about celebration and more about release, community, and the practice of being held.

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