About Meta Me·ta [may-tuh]noun, a female given name. My parents named me after a beloved friend who has long since passed on, may her memory be a blessing.Rhymes with potata, tomata. When I worked with computers and programmed on mainframes, many moons ago, my moniker was Meta-Data. noun, Similar to the great Indian musician and conductor Zubin Mehta noun, Similar to metta in Pali, means loving-kindness, tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.noun, Similar to maitri in Sanskrit, also means loving-kindnessnoun, a river over 620 miles (995 kilometers) NE Colombia flowing into the Orinoco on Venezuela-Colombia boundaryMeta has studied yoga for decades and has been teaching for fourteen years. Before opening her yoga studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she received a bachelor of science degree in Food Science from Purdue University, took a job as a brewing supervisor for Miller Brewing Company, then earned a master of business administration degree in Information Systems, graduating with distinction from New York University, and worked as a computer systems consultant, technical software writer, and university lecturer.Meta took her first yoga class in 1978. Years later, after working in business, teaching in academia, and writing software books, she was drawn back to yoga following the development of a serious illness. Her passion for yoga led her to eventually open a studio and later establish a Teacher Training & Life Enrichment Program, a nationally accredited curriculum incorporating a variety of traditions and styles.I am passionate and articulate about how yoga has changed my life and how it can help others.  Through public classes, workshops and teacher trainings I've had the honor of witnessing hundreds of people experience a remarkable and empowering life shift. I use my story to inspire others to develop their own unique gifts. In 1988, I suddenly developed asthma, nasal polyps and chronic sinusitis. I could barely function and was in and out of the hospital because my ability to breathe was so compromised. The prescribed drugs kept me alive, but with a miserable quality of life. I felt increasingly weak and desperate. Over the next two decades I tried every imaginable health cure. Nothing worked for long.When I began practicing yoga regularly, the focus shifted. I began to ask myself, "How do I feel?" It turns out, this was the pivotal question. I saw that my body was communicating the answers to me, and I needed to listen in order to heal. Every bodily pain has something to say, perhaps about our life style choices, our work or our relationships and can help us make important shifts in our lives. Once we learn to trust ourselves and care for ourselves, we gain the courage we need to change our lives for the better. I look forward to the opportunity to communicate these concepts in a practical, applicable way to the world on the web with video classes, to help each person unleash their vast potential and beauty.In her spare time, Meta reads voraciously, studies Sanskrit, teaches yoga, and conducts yoga workshops, retreats, teacher training and immersion programs. The mother of two grown daughters, she resides in New Mexico, where she cultivates her garden and her dream to disseminate world peace through yoga. Meta's interests include yoga of course, her beloved chickens, Janice, Dreamsicle, Olivia Benson, Millie, Georgina & Houdlini; hiking (especially the Grand Canyon and Ghost Ranch), running (slowly), biking (when not too cold, she's a self-titled weather wimp), reading, local theatre and music, and her yoga students who she loves and honors. We are all students and to share the path with like-minded ones is the nectar.What's Meta Reading Now:The Mirror of Yoga, by Richard FreemanMy Beloved World, Sonia SotomayorWhat's in Meta's List to Read Next:Lean In, Sheryl SandbergA Tale for the Time Being, Ruth OzekiThe Yoga of Eating, Charles EisensteinFoodopoly, Wenonah HunterMeta's Favorite Reads:1Q84, Haruki MurakamiThe Lotus Eaters, Tatjana SoliHatha Yoga Pradipika, Swami MuktibodhanandaLanguage of Emotions, Karla McLarenThe Secret Knowledge of Water, Craig Childs