This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Niki Leondakis , the CEO of CorePower Yoga, a yoga studio with over 220 locations in 23 states. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I spent over 30 years in hospitality, and after leading three different hotel companies, I became CEO of Equinox. Then I went through some personal turbulence. In 2017, my home burned to the ground from the California wildfires. Exactly a year later, my husband died of a sudden heart attack. I