Thank you for joining us for episode 384 of Live Happy Now.

Now that we've officially entered fall, it's a great time to turn inward.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I am talking with author and yoga instructor

Cassandra Reinhart, whose Yoga with Cassandra YouTube channel has attracted more than

1.9 million subscribers and amassed more than 190 million views. Wow. That's because Cassandra

is on a mission to help people connect with themselves through yoga in whatever way most appeals

to them. With her new book, Year of Yoga, rituals for every day and every season,

she helps experienced and novice yogis alike move through the seasons

using affirmations and intentions that coincide with the time of the year.

Let's hear more.

Cassandra, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you so much for having me. Well, it's Yoga Month, and you're such a great evangelist for yoga. So I want to hear a little bit about your backstory. Like, first of all, why are you so passionate about sharing it with others? Well, it's a good question. I kind of just stumbled into it. I came from the world of dance. That's really what I did

growing up. That was my big passion. I love doing ballet and all of that. And when I was about, I think,

around 18 or 19 years old, someone recommended to me, a friend recommended, maybe I should try a yoga

class. I had never been to one before. And even though I was dancing a lot,

I was actually not very flexible. That's always been something I've struggled with. So they thought,

try yoga. Maybe you'll get more flexible. And you know, I went and I thought it was okay. Like I had a

good time. It was nice. But I didn't fall in love with it or anything

right away. But I guess there must have been something to it because I kept going to classes

irregularly. After doing it for, I don't know, maybe three to six months into it, I found a style

of yoga that I really liked and I found a teacher I really resonated

with. And then that's really when I started to really dive deep into the practice and fall in love

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