Leah Kim

Depression is deeply misunderstood and it’s time we change this.

Sometimes ‘doing yoga’ looks like this. And sometimes it has nothing to do with yoga poses.

I never imagined that giving birth could be so scary and so completely out of my control.

Why I’ve felt compelled to shift my focus from primarily teaching yoga to writing about and advocating for maternal mental health.

In this piece from 2018, I reflect on my impossible expectations of motherhood negatively impacting my mental health. While I don't believe you can control whether or not you will go through postpartum depression, I do believe that unrealistic expectations set us up for disappointment and despair.