As you may know, I was scheduled to travel to India last Thursday to begin the second module of my Yoga Therapy Program.

Publicly, I hadn't said much about my upcoming trip because of all the Coronavirus news and the uncertainty around international travel. I found myself telling students, friends, and family, that I was scheduled to travel on March 5th, unless something happened to prevent me from traveling.

And at the last minute (on Thursday morning), I made the difficult decision to cancel my trip. The deciding factor was, with the way the number of infections was escalating on a daily basis (and still is), I had no way to know what the situation might be on April 6th, when I was scheduled to fly back. Would I be allowed to fly to the US? Would I be quarantined? I have young children and couldn't risk a potential delayed return after having been away for a month already.

I have been in contact with my teachers in India and we will figure out a plan so that I (and four other classmates who were unable to travel) can make up our work.

So, I just wanted to let you know that I'm safely still here in town. I'd organized teachers to sub my classes during my absence, and as much as possible I'm going to request that they teach as planned so I can use this time to study my Yoga Therapy materials, and also so I can polish up our Yoga Teacher Training program which begins on April 18th.

I look forward to seeing you soon. Please practice good hand washing!