I run two businesses - partly out of necessity, partly out of that particular ADHD drive that's always reaching for the next thing. Add a history of neurodivergent burnout and a late-in-life understanding of how my brain actually works, and you get someone who has spent a long time mistaking speed and productivity for worth. So over the last couple of months, navigating a stretch of brain fog, I did something that still feels almost defiant: I slowed down.

A lot of people find their way to yoga therapy through a mental health door. They're burnt out, anxious, overwhelmed, or moving through a low period that hasn't responded to the things that are supposed to help. Some have tried talk therapy, medication, meditation apps. Some have tried regular yoga and found it didn't quite fit. They arrive curious, sometimes cautiously so, wondering if this is going to be more of the same.