I Don't Have To Go To Church.

Since I Come From A Family Of Mental Instability, And I Have Suffered Depression Myself, I Knew That Living In Shame Is Senseless And Painful, And That By Talking About It, I Have Come To Peace With It. The Stigma Behind People's Suffering Needs To End. We As A Community Need To Embrace These Disorders, Try To Understand Them (if Only Just To Talk About Them) So That We Can Cease Being Defined By Them.

What I Wasn't Prepared For Were The Feelings Of Anxiety That It Stirred In Me. I Wasn't Prepared For The Initial Feeling Of I Don't Want To Have To Do That Again. I Was Scared.

The Experience Of Getting My Kriya, Which Is The Meditation Process That I Do, Was Very Powerful For Me - Though, As I Explain In The Book, I Was Really Suspect Of That Kind Of Thing.

Finding Some Quiet Time In Your Life, I Think, Is Hugely Important.

Yoga Teaches You How To Listen To Your Body.