Karen Tillada

Do you remember that first time you asked what yoga was? Maybe you came across it in social media, maybe you decided to book that class through Classpass or Kfit (if you know, you know), or maybe someone said to you in a conversation a long time ago that maybe you should try doing yoga. I still remember my first time asking this question. I remember Googling "yoga for beginners," coming across Yoga with Adriene in Youtube and trying to finish a 20-minute class with my usual exercise mat. I...

It was years ago when I encountered the term "wintering". In Katherine May's 2020 memoir, she described wintering as a moment of accepting sadness in times of despair and grief. We encounter seasons in our lives, and winter-- whose coldness, dampness, and darkness--can feel so desperately isolating and lonely, and yet necessary to pull through to get to spring. While I am Filipina, I've had the experience of living through two harsh winters in Seoul in the middle of the pandemic, and it was...