About the Author

Pat Shapiro, MSW, RYT, is the founder and director of SageWays: Yoga for Midlife and Beyond in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For over twelve years, she has studied an approach to yoga that was brought to the West through the teaching of T.K.V. Desikachar. She has taught yoga for more than six years in Philadelphia and Santa Fe and has also done intensive yoga study at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. Pat has a special interest in the mid-life years and has written two books on the subject: "MY TURN: Women's Search for Self After the Children Leave" and "HEART TO HEART: Deepening Women's Friendships at Midlife." She is also the author of four other nonfiction books, a writing instructor and coach, and speaker on women's issues.