New Year's Day 2020 was cool and overcast in Ubud, Bali. Three days into the Wildly Woven Yoga Retreat, we all felt bonded and ready to take on a challenge together to start the new year strong. To invite in discipline and drive, eight of us committed to completing 108 sun salutations at high noon on January 1, 2020. This flow would be the first time I led the traditional practice of 108 salutes, so I was both nervous and excited. These feelings were amplified when it started

I was born with a scar - A white spot over my heart devoid of any skin pigmentation. After overcoming chicken pox at age 5, my supposed birthmark evolved. Wherever I had chicken pox, I now had more white patches of skin, redefining what my first discolored area actually was - a skin condition called vitiligo. I had vitiligo on my feet, knees, waistline and right eye lid. My mom and I playfully called them my “spots”. My grandmother, who passed away from breast cancer when I w