You Can Wear the Dress and Still Teach the Class
A reflection on breaking the moulds we were never meant to fit in
Last weekend, I wore a beautiful dress. Hair done, heels on, a special dress — and I felt completely myself. Not because it was a version of me I had to “step into,” but because it was just… me. A part of me that’s always been there. The woman who loves a classic look, beautiful things, and taking care of herself — and also happens to guide meditation and teach yoga.
It made me think about how many of us still carry quiet assumptions — not always about others, but often about ourselves.
You might have heard a voice inside your head at some point say:
“That’s not for me.”
“I’m not the meditation type.”
“I don’t look like someone who does yoga.”
“I wouldn’t fit in.”
And I want to gently, but firmly, call that out.
We’ve inherited so many messages about what meditation and yoga “should” look like.
Calm. Serene. Peaceful. Collected. Minimal.
And while those things might be part of the practice at times, they are not prerequisites.
Because here’s the truth:
I get overwhelmed.
I get anxious and overthink.
I carry stress and make up stories in my head.
I say things I wish I hadn’t.
And I still show up — because this is the practice.
Not showing up once you’re already calm, but showing up because you’re not.
Yoga and meditation aren’t about becoming a different person.
They’re about waking up to who you already are.
And that includes the part of you that wants to wear a bold dress.
The part that feels self-conscious sometimes.
The part that’s still figuring things out.
The part that’s fire and softness and doubt and knowing — all in the same day.
You don’t need to have it all together to sit in stillness.
You don’t need to whisper when you speak or float when you walk.
You don’t need to be a size 8, have matching leggings, or use Sanskrit in conversation.
You just need to be willing to show up honestly — in whatever state you’re in.
If you’re someone who’s held back from this practice because you didn’t think you “fit,” I want you to know:
You belong.If you’ve worried that you weren’t the right kind of person, or felt like maybe this world wasn’t built for you — I hear you.
But yoga and meditation were never meant to be about image or performance.
They’re not for one kind of person.
They’re for humans — in all our glorious, complicated, unfiltered realness.
So wear the dress. Wear the activewear. Wear whatever you like.
You don’t have to choose between the soulful and the stylish, the polished and the messy.
You can be both. You already are.