As someone who has worked as an addiction counselor with both youth and adults, I’ve had a front-row seat to the struggles people face beneath the surface—depression, anxiety, shame, perfectionism, anger, addiction, chronic loneliness, and the invisible emotional wounds carried from childhood into adulthood. Although I am not currently practicing as an addiction counselor, some of the observations I made during that season of my career have deeply shaped my understanding of m

In recent years, yoga has gained immense popularity in the Western world, often promoted as a practice for relaxation, flexibility, and physical well-being. Yoga studios, online classes, and fitness centers offer various forms of yoga that seem, on the surface, to be a harmless way to improve mental and physical health. However, yoga is an ancient practice with deep roots in Eastern spirituality, particularly in Hinduism and Buddhism, and is more religious in nature than many