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This is the woman who goes to a Spanish language class to "meet dudes" and instead meets a female Buddhist monk. Isn't that great karma? Set your intention and life gives you something different that you needed more than what you thought you need. Erica Barth has mastered balance in life, but not just in the poses. Her practice flows off her mat and into the world because she somehow manages to run a yoga studio, teach yoga, and not lose her mind in the process. Once a professional corporate warrior, she's traded in the powerpoint presentations for yoga pants and the uncertain income of a yoga studio owner. She credits yoga as the best therapy because during her yoga teacher training, Erica lost her mother forever.  The result should be a dour, negative person. Not so. The practice carries Erica through life into a life well lived. Well, look at her smile and you tell me. It's not about Erica, it's about the people she inspires. It's just another NAMASday on Find Your Immersion.

Matan didn't grow up like most of us here in the United States. A native of Israel, he found his way in life one journey at time. First in the Israeli Defense Forces, then as a traveler, and eventually landed on Wall Street as a banker. After getting married, having a child, living the American dream, something wasn't right. Then the yoga caught up with him. Two hours a day on the mat plus time on the cushion led to a realization that he needed to share his practice. Matan teaches yoga as a form of therapy and reminds us that the practice never ends.

This is another yoga love story, but do you ever get tired of hearing them? JP & Cassie McClellan found each other through yoga and, as you can see in their picture above, can't stop smiling. Yet their journey hasn't been all smiles and happiness. Through financial struggle, moving to a new city with no connections, and even a miscarriage, they remain devoted to the practice and each other. Today they run a GoYoga in Asheville, North Carolina and spend all their time living their practice and raising their daughter.

Shannon Algeo invested himself body, mind and soul into a theatrical career in New York City. Except one day that life no longer suited him. Down and out, drowning in debt, Shannon found the yoga mat and developed a practice.  Today he's the man teaching you to let it all go in pigeon pose. He's the love child of Dr. Brene Brown, Beyonce, and Seane Corn. 

How many businesses do you run? One, two? Karen Pride runs three all while practicing yoga every damn day. Since we all know yoga is everything and everything is yoga, Karen's practice reminds us to care immensely about the people in your life and give something back.  Growing up in the country in a tiny town in Southwest Michigan, Karen didn't know anything about health food, yoga, meditation, or even where happiness might come from.  After discovering buddhism from a friend in college, the door to yoga opened up a door to a new world. After 23 years on this planet, Karen found herself in Portland, Oregon opening up a health food restaurant. Fast forward from country girl in Michigan to today, now she's a world traveler and IPA enthusiast. She credits it all to a tireless work ethic. Let's hear her story in her own words.  

Pioneer women have done great things to settle the west. Shannon Femenia continues that tradition in Boise, Idaho to this day. If you ask Shannon to describe herself, she'll tell you about her elements: carbon, oxygen, water, but there's so much more to her. She's a pioneer and leader and always has been. We all know that following your internal compass is anything but easy. Shannon has been doing that for 25 years. Instead of crumbling to the contract with society, she followed her quest to seek out movement and breath.  The result? Today she runs a successful yoga studio that's 100% an extension of her authentic, loving self. Check out Yoga in the Hood next time you're in Boise. -patrick

One sentence from this interview stood out. When asked about her proudest moment in teaching, Tiffany said,"I couldn't be happier right now." How many of you can truly say that? Tiffany reminds us that the inspired path leads to a passion and the greatest success in life. Her story isn't the usual one of overcoming a difficult childhood. It's one of battling your own worst enemy, your doubts, and coming out with a stronger practice. ​Her new yoga studio, 3TreeYoga, opens in February 2015. She's poured her entire existence into making it a place for everyone to feel safe and loved. Let's help her make it a success where everybody knows your name.

Rachel started her practice when she was just 16 years old. After a career as a professional snowboarder left her with a blown out knee, yoga became a not just a tool to center herself, but to physically hear her body as well. Not until a close friend passed away did she begin the process of questioning everything in her life and start to think about sharing her practice Her first teacher training blew her heart and mind wide open. Truly finding her calling, today you can find her inspiring minds at Revolution Power Yoga. You might just hear her reminding you to always keep practicing no matter what.

Everybody you meet knows something that you don't. Seth Kaufmann teaches us that inspiration is all around us. For years Seth struggled to find his way in life. Venturing abroad to find a path, he discovered strength training as a calling and even found people willing to pay him to make them stronger. Not content with his life and after a long night on a cold cement floor, Seth discovered the practice of yoga. Now he's merging modern exercise science with ancient yoga wisdom. Join the REBEL.LION  

With great risk comes great reward and nobody knows that better than Alexa Silvaggio. After years of struggling with an eating disorder, dead end jobs, and believing the wrong story about herself, she hit rock bottom. On a whim, she enrolled in a 200 hour yoga teacher training. Now she travels the world sharing her wisdom with her students and encouraging them to dare greatly from a place of love.