100 Club: Gabi

1. Yoga is my escape into myself. It’s the one delicious hour a day I get to check out of and be completely inaccessible to the outside world, to explore and fully experience my mind-body. My yoga time is sacred to me, I literally schedule my life around it!

2. I was so lucky to have grown up in Northern California, where wellness and yoga were just a normal part of our everyday lives. Since moving to New York, though, I never really found a yoga community that was quite as dedicated or passionate, that is until I took my very first class with Bibi at the Shala. Absolutely everything - from the space itself, to the teachers and their teachings, to our fellow yogis - is pure magic! Every day I step inside this place, I feel at home and amongst family, and that is what keeps me coming back.

3. What screws with us the most is the picture in our head of what it’s supposed to look like. Forget everything you think you know about yoga - just show up, stay open, and observe how each practice teaches you something new and oftentimes, completely unexpected.

4. I am a modern-day gypsy, I once moved 13 times in one year! Currently gearing up for my 34th lifetime move

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