As a child growing up in Winston-Salem, Ashley Robinson pretended to be a teacher in her bedroom.

She fulfilled that childhood ambition, teaching in schools for 15 years before burning out. She's still in front of students, but in her new career, she's teaching Downward Dog, Sphinx Pose, Triangle Pose and other yoga movements.

Robinson began practicing yoga when she was 15.

In 2018, she became a full-time yoga teacher and operator of 2B Yoga, with the goal of introducing the ancient practice to a wider audience.

"There's a studio on every corner, and I practiced at all of them. And there was always this sense that I'm the only one who looks like me. And that was troublesome," Robinson said. "I felt certain people who look more like me need yoga as much as I do. I kind of decided that s

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