I will never forget the first time I heard a room of over 100 people lion’s roar. As someone who is quite sensitive to sound and energy, it took everything inside of me to stay in the pose and not leave the room.
This workshop was early in my yoga career, and though I had the Lululemon pants and Manduka mat and could finally hold Virabhadrasana III (Warrior Pose III) without toppling (well, most of the time), it wasn’t until that day that I realized that even after seven years of practicing and a year of teaching, I hadn’t allowed myself to go deeper than the poses. When students would have these loud vocal releases, it honestly made me uncomfortable.