When I first started yoga, I never considered practicing on my own
until a teacher introduced the concept one day in class. “If you’re
scared of coming up into headstand,” she casually mentioned, “you can
work on it at home.”
Wait. There’s homework in yoga?! Was this something I had to do? Would I
fail if I didn’t? And what exactly would I do on the mat if I were left
to my own devices? How could I cook up a practice on my own that would
compare with the sequences we did in class? Confused, I ignored the
seeds my teacher sprinkled.
