All custom illustration doodles by Kat Wong of Kat Doodles.

So I met Kat Wong of Kat Doodles back in college. We lived in the same dorm and I always marveled at how cute, shy-yet-friendly, and stylish Kat was.

Recently, I hired Kat to do an awesome custom doodle print for my nephew, Zeke. I gave it to him and my sister on Christmas, and they loved it.

He now has the adorable drawing hanging above his crib.

Now I have another super cute reminder of Kat's drawings to hang in a special place... a new blog header! Isn't her work wonderful?

I'm totally stoked for the new Standing Bow image. It's based on a photo I took in Puerto Rico (on self-timer of all things ha!).

I love how the fact that I'm not perfectly in the posture. My body still needs to come down; my chin needs to be touching my shoulder.

But the doodle perfectly conveys that sense of process that we encounter in yoga, especially in Bikram. We know that the dialogue is pushing us to reach perfect execution, but we are happy and content at our edge. Yes, we want to get our legs in standing splits and our chin to shoulder, but as long as we can lock the knee and keep reaching for the mirror, we know we have done our best.

Wherever we are in the posture is perfect. Wherever we are in the posture is exactly where we are meant to be today.

Kat also recently opened her own Etsy shop and line of hilariously cute Valentine's Day cards. Check them out!