They say there’s a silver lining to every cloud. They say we have two choices: the easy wrong and the hard right. But sometimes, we choose not to believe them. I believe, for months, that there is no silver lining to this particular cloud. It hangs ominously over the hard right path, so naturally, I […]
Emily Fleming
Emily Fleming, M.A.T., RYT-200, is a yoga teacher and educator in Baltimore, Maryland. Emily joined Teach for America as a corps member after graduating from Colby College in 2012, and received her Master of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University in 2014. Emily currently teaches yoga and mindfulness full time at a middle school in Baltimore, weaving lessons on character development into the practices. Emily completed her 200-hour hatha yoga training through Earth Heart Yoga in 2011, and Elena Brower’s “Art of Attention” teacher training in 2014. Emily began to practice yoga at 16. She’s practiced around the world, from an army tent in a stranger’s backyard in Hawaii, to Helsinki, Finland, to the slums of Kenya. She’s traveled to Kenya twice to work with Africa Yoga Project and served on AYP's Leadership Board in 2014.
I Choose This
I once wrote these words to my teacher: “I’m addicted to love.” “No,” she responded, “you’re addicted to pain.” And now, so clearly, I see it. I keep making the same choices. I have a type: the “unavailable jerk.” He’s not interested in a relationship. He doesn’t ever text me to say, “How was your […]
Rainstorms and Stories
The minute I hung up the phone, the tears came rolling in, like the all too familiar summer storms. During these summer rainstorms, water pours from the sky at an astounding rate. That night was no different, besides the fact that the downpour was coming from my eyes and heart. I cried the tears of […]
