Letters to Sarah

by Tyson Adams

I was taking yoga from a traditional Persian medicine woman. She encouraged me to start teaching what I was learning in order to reinforce my skills.

I approached a close friend and asked him if he would like to learn yoga and if he would be willing to let me teach a class at his house in Berkeley. Sarah was a friend of his and was in my first class. She was by far the most devoted and loyal to the class.

Even after my friend moved out of his loft and I moved out of Berkeley she continued to come over with her friend Becky for our weekly yoga class. I continued to teach until all of use scattered to the four corners of the globe all due to Sarah’s enthusiasm.

What might not have been clear to her or to any of the other students I had was that I got far more out of teaching the class than they got out of taking it and I truly appreciated Sarah’s continued encouragement and trust she placed in me.