Jessica Lohrey

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, I find myself reflecting on who we are as a nation. The stories we tell ourselves about our history shape how we understand ourselves and one another. Yet one of the greatest challenges facing our country today may be the same challenge that has existed since the beginning: the tendency to divide the world into "us" and "them."

People are often surprised to learn that I was afraid to go to a yoga studio for the first time. Not just a little nervous. Truly afraid. I was 30 years old when I began practicing yoga. My husband worked evenings and nights, and I would come home from work completely exhausted. Even so, I still felt out of shape and knew I needed some kind of exercise and stress relief in my life. The last thing I wanted to do, or so I thought at the time, was fight through the insane Atlanta traffic to get...

Yoga is often portrayed as something that happens on a mat, in flexible bodies, performing increasingly complex shapes as we "progress." But at its heart, yoga was never meant to be exclusive, or limited to a particular body type, age, or ability. Chair Yoga brings the essence of yoga back to its original purpose: supporting the well-being of real people living real lives. What Is Chair Yoga? Chair Yoga is a form of yoga practice in which poses are done seated in a chair, standing while using...