I became a yoga teacher in 1995. The benefits that yoga brings to my life never cease to amaze me. As life’s inevitable stresses and challenges come along, yoga always helps me center and heal. But it wasn’t until I had Carmela, my daughter, that I realized how determined I was to pass my love of yoga on to her.

Depending on where you live, October might bring hot days or cool breezes. This month, we explore a different kind of weather—the shifting currents of our moods and feelings—through exercise and imaginative play inspired by animals.

Annie's how-to decks for children, published by Chronicle Books, have been recommended by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Child Magazine, Family Fun Magazine, and Girls' Life, and she has appeared as a guest teacher on KCET's "A Place of our Own".