Yogi goes back to the gym

You don't look like a yoga teacher is something I get a lot. But what does a yoga teacher look like? What does a yogi look like?The answer for me is someone who is committed to their practice, the practice of connecting to ourselves, atman - true self, to in return connect on a deeper level to everything else around us, brahman - the infinite universe.What this practice is may look like the varying styles of yoga we see on the mat: vinyasa, power yoga, ashtanga, hatha, yin, kundalini, etc. Each of these practices have different intentions that can all serve us in different ways at different moments in our lives.Sometimes doing the same practice serves us best, but sometimes it is what we have become comfortable with. Our brain pre-schedules that dopamine hits we get from completing the preprogrammed task/routine. So I decided at the age of 37 to mix it up a little bit and take my practice on the mat and expand it back to the gym and strength training. Taking nearly 6 year off from strength training, here is my reflection on "The yogis return to the gym".