India had been calling me for a long time, and when I finally answered, I thought I was going there to deepen my yoga practice. What I didn’t expect that on my very first day, a single sentence would completely reshape how I understand freedom.

I’ve been reflecting on how we can be so scared of change and yet we’re also scared of staying in the same place. This can leave us in a kind of limbo, which is exhausting. Here are some words I wrote about it.