I discovered a love of yoga after attending a retreat at the Sri Venkateswara Lotus Temple in Fairfax, VA. To experience group yoga, while watching the sunrise showed me how beautiful the world could be. At the time I was in my early stages of yoga and I knew that I wanted to further my relationship with yoga but could never afford it. Something else that interested me was how I was only one of three African-Americans in the group. Typically, yoga is underrepresented the in black community and I would love to change that. Yoga has many physical, mental and emotional benefits that I would love to teach and pass along to further diversify. While there is a rise of black owned yoga studios, they are usually in major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles. I would want to reach those who aren't apart of those populous cities and don't have the opportunity to be apart of these groups. I plan to use my teaching to help the lower income communities. I want to reach the people who have a desire to learn of yoga and to reap the benefits but were unable to because of cost or location. I believe that everyone should have the chance to instill a positive change in their life regardless of their personal situation. Healthy living and maintaining a connection with your physical body should be giving to all. With this scholarship, I would be able to pay for my RYT 200 training certification and begin to further my mission to provide healthy alternative methods to those that need it most.