Jo Coldwell

This reflective essay explores the simple but powerful truth that everyone has mental health — and that it exists on a spectrum, not as an on/off state. Inspired by a child’s insight, the piece reframes mental health as something that must be nurtured through care, boundaries, movement, rest and connection. Drawing on family experience, yoga teaching and community, it highlights how practices such as running, mindful movement and shared spaces can support resilience and wellbeing. Mental health,

I actively encourage my students to embrace the wobble and the experience of falling. When we strip away the weight of perfectionism, we wobble together. Falling out of a pose provides information because it puts your body in honest conversation with gravity and reveals capability