07/02/2026
It felt so good to be back teaching at the hospital this week after my summer break. Going back to the office and dragging the kids to school felt a bit uneasy and stressful, but coming to the hospital to teach felt effortless, joyful and incredibly rewarding. The thing with teaching patients with complex physical and mental health issues is that in most cases they don’t even want to be in the class to begin with. They come because the nurse or the doctor has told them to try yoga. In the desperation they sometime do. The amazing thing is to watch their change of attitude towards the end of the class, well in most cases anyway. Sometimes they leave after 5 min, too. We do about 40 min of conscious movement and breathwork followed by 20 min of guided meditation accompanied by sound healing ( picture below). More often than not they tap into the nurturing inner layers of themselves, layers long forgotten. Layers that offer them temporary respite from their outer world filled with physical and emotional pain. I know this because they are alway so eager to tell me afterwards, often declaring that they will start practicing yoga upon discharge from hospital. I certainly hope so.
