An injury to my back many years ago set me on the path leading to where I am today. I fell down my front steps and thought I was uninjured until sciatica emerged several days later. The result was a ruptured disk and two bulging disks causing intense sciatica. Fortunately, physical therapy alleviated the acute symptoms. After 10 weeks of pain and therapy, and almost surgery, I was functional. I made a promise to myself that I would take better care of my back and enrolled in Tai Chi I with Baltimore Tai Chi. I do not recall what year that was, and it doesn’t matter. What matters is I had no idea how an exercise to make my back better would radically change my life. Fast-forward to today (at least 22 years later), I am a yoga teacher and, more importantly, a seeker trying to understand myself and my calling in the world.
