One day, I thought about the qualities in myself that I would like to enhance. I came up with Enthusiasm, Gratitude, Optimism, or the acronym EGO! I told my students that day to write it on their mirrors in lipstick, make it their new mantra -- go ahead -- and have a big EGO!! Several students came back the following week saying how they couldn’t stop thinking about it. I decided it would be better if people could wear the words, so I created my first tee shirt! Later, I sat at my computer and created several other “blessing” acronyms that struck a chord in my life; qualities that we could all develop or enhance in ourselves: FAITH, HOPE, DREAM, BREATHE, PEACE, LIVE, GRACE... were just the beginning. I was inspired to create the ‘LIVE’ shirt for my Mother Marriann who is courageously battling breast cancer for the 3rd time and all the other brave women battling breast cancer around the world. Pretty soon I was creating custom tee shirts for nonprofits, church youth groups, local schools and other organizations. One of my former yoga students and MLB third baseman inspired the men’s shirt, “If You Don’t Bend You’ll Break”. This became Athletes Yoga’s motto.
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