Julie C. Peters (MA, E-RYT) is a writer and yoga teacher with a biweekly column in Spirituality and Health Magazine. She has an MA in Canadian poetry from McGill University, and has represented Vancouver twice in the Women of the World Poetry Slam and on the 2012 Vancouver Poetry Slam Team. Currently, she serves as President of the Vancouver Poetry House Board, and is also co-owner and operator of Ocean and Crow Yoga Studio in Vancouver, BC. Her forthcoming book is Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase Goddesses: Meditations on Desire, Relationships, and the Art of Being Broken (Skylight Paths). jcpeters.ca