You might be a yoga geek if . . .

• You take pictures of your pets and/or children striking yoga poses.
• There are dirty footprints on your walls.
• You know words in Sanskrit that you can’t remember how to say in Spanish.
• You use a neti pot.
• You videotape yourself practicing yoga.
• You dream about yoga.
• You’ve convinced your partner that the most practical thing to do with the spare bedroom is to turn it into a yoga room.
• You have a special bookshelf designated for your collection of yoga books.
• You pack yoga props for business trips and vacations.
• You’re considering a yoga conference or a meditation retreat for your next vacation.
• You spend enough time on yogajournal.com to qualify as a part-time job.
• You do arm balances at dinner parties.
• Your teacher has a worn-out yoga mat and a copy of Light on Yoga that’s losing its binding, and you think it’s cool.
• No one ever seems to want to carry on a conversation about yoga for as long as you do.
• Your girlfriends ask you how your husband feels about all the yoga stuff you do.

My name is Melissa, and I am a yoga geek.