2025: A Year End Message From Brandt

Creativity Wins the Day

Friends in Yoga,

As I look back on 2025 and ask myself what truly stood out, one thing rises above the rest—The Power of Creativity.

According to the teachings, we are all creatives. Every choice we make — every expression — is a microcosm of nature’s endless creative cycle. Simply being ourselves is an art form. And yet, we don’t always feel or see this within us. To perceive it, we need to cultivate awareness of the movements inside. 

Our need for survival and stability can generate thoughts that leave us feeling stuck. When we take in too many messages at once, we stop leaving space for creativity to emerge in our awareness. This is our dilemma. How do we live with the recognition of our own creativity?

As yoga therapists, this understanding is central to our work: healing is a creative act. When stress or illness arises, our capacity to access our creativity can become muted. Reconnecting with this essential part of ourselves has the capacity to guide us back toward greater health.

We support people in finding their next step—one movement, one breath, one subtle shift at a time—each leading us closer to our natural state of creativity and balance. We are reminded of what is possible when we reconnect with ourselves and with the immense, beautiful energy of nature’s creative forces.

This year, I have had the privilege of mentoring students as they discover the power of yoga therapy with their clients, some for the very first time. I shared in the delight and surprise of witnessing people regain agency and well-being through movement, breath, and connection to their own natural, wondrous creative rhythms. Chronic pain diminished, anxiety subsided, and conditions that took up all the space receded into the background. 

May we tap into the creative movement of who we truly are, and may we see this beautiful dance reflected in one another throughout the coming year and beyond.

With peace, respect, and love—happy new year.

Brandt