Yoga is so much more publicly accepted compared to when I first started teaching ~25 years ago. My family admits that the reason they weren't supportive of me studying under the gurus that came to the US to teach the eight limbs of yoga is because they were concerned I was joining a cult. I had started watching my diet; not just of food and drink but of thoughts and reactions to life's obstacles. Since it was a slightly different way of reacting and thinking than what the