When Numbers Met Namaste: My 1st Encounter with Yoga

My world has always been built on logic, structure, and a love for patterns. Equations made sense. Precision—even the “precise-ish” kind—was comforting. As a math teacher, I see formulas in everything: glasses become cylinders, tomatoes curve into parabolas, pizza slices are sectors, tortillas perfect circles, and kneading dough is a hands-on lesson in mass and volume. Math isn’t just a subject—it’s stitched into my everyday life.
Between lesson plans and life’s surprises, I felt a quiet need for balance—not just in equations, but within myself.
A friend once said to me, “As you sit for meditation, but have you ever tried yoga sometimes?” That question lingered. I realized that while I was grounded in thought, I hadn’t yet explored movement. I was centered, but not stretched. Focused, but not flowing.

So, It was time to solve for X—not in a textbook, but in my own body and breath.So I rolled out a mat, unsure of what to expect.

https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/yoga-for-stress

But when I am going to intiate Yoga for me, I got a plan as well for School too.

My plan is to start with easy activities like breathing with counting or noticing shapes in yoga poses and make drawings so students can see how math is part of movement.

Learning math this way is not just about numbers. It’s about being curious, noticing patterns, and enjoying how our body and mind work together. I hope students leave the class feeling more confident in math and more connected to the world around them.

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