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Yoga... Trendy or spiritual?

              Yoga has been around for hundreds of years, orignating in ancient India it was used as a religious practice. Connecting the human body and soul with something larger, something sacred. Yoga has come into and out of trend many times and has recently returned in 2026. Growing up in Costa Rica, my mom was your typical expat, a white hippy yoga teacher. she taught kundalini yoga and did massage on the side to support her and I. She would often leave for yoga teacher retreats, packing her suitcase with only white, natural fabrics and her prayer beads. She would come back a relaxed and better version of herself.      Having a yoga teacher as a mom meant I automatically grew up knowing how to meditate and flow, and  solely listening to yoga music on car drives. But as I blossomed into my own person, I stepped away from it, feeling like it was forced on me. But when I turned 16 something switched and I wanted to learn mor...