In recent years, contemporary yoga has seen a shift from on how we move and toward a deeper inquiry into what we feel as we move. This is the essence of somatic yoga—a practice where moving and learning arise your own unique,felt experience and not from external instructions and stimuli. While "somatics" is the new trend in the wellness landscape, it is as old as yoga and it is at the very essence of yoga. Embodied and Empowered Hatha Yoga—the foundation of my personal practi