Hi everyone welcome back to another episode of living well with Janet

where we explore what it means to live well I'm your host Janet a

yogi meditator plant plant forward eater, and all-around wellness

enthusiast. I'm also a second generation Asian American woman, an experimenter and a deep

thinker. Join me in my conversations and contemplations on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental aspects of living well. Hi everyone welcome back to another episode I'm going to kick things off with my

current wellness practice so my current wellness practice is bedroading I know it might sound not very wellnessy at all but I actually think it can be

really really beneficial and important and necessary to properly deeply rest.

I have been on the go a lot.

I've been traveling.

My schedule's been a bit irregular.

My sleep has been a little bit irregular.

And so this past weekend, I spent like the weekend in bed.

Instead of feeling bad about sleeping in or being in bed all day,

I just let myself be there and I would maybe have a meal and then come back into bed. I would then have my phone and just be scrolling or messaging people but in bed. I think I even called a girlfriend and I was just to catch up and was still in bed. So that is my current wellness practice, bedroting, because rest is important. I have spoken often and at length about my love for yoga. So in today's

episode I'm going to talk about how I got into yoga, why I love it so much, and also share some tips for anyone who wants to get into yoga themselves, especially if you're in the LA area.

It is a practice that involves the body, mind, and spirit. Yoga promotes balance,

strength and mindfulness. And what I like most is that it is a very self-focused, self-foc

focused, self-affirming, and non-competitive practice. You know how sometimes in physical

sports or fitness they say things like you're not competing with anyone but yourself?

Which is great, right? It's supposed to be self-focused so that you're not looking or comparing yourself with others.

But in yoga, they take it even a step further. It is not even about comparing yourself to yourself in another state. It is about being able to recognize where

your body is in the present moment in order to be gentle with it and to give it what

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