Consider the idea that all the peace and ease, all the spaciousness, all the “I feel better after taking yoga class” is yours - it all comes from you. 

You are the Source. 

Yoga philosophy teaches us that there is an unchanging part of each of us, where everything is arising and dissolving. A quietness. A neutral place. Dynamic ground. When we touch or remember this place we often feel a profound sense of relief. A homecoming. 

The eight-limbed path of yoga helps us develop the skills to drop into and to live from this space. This path enables us to view our situation from physiological, psychological and philosophical perspectives. It helps us get to the heart of the matter.

So, think of every savasana, every time you feel strong or balanced, every deep, satisfying breath, every pause in the endless ruminating of the mind. What if you take full responsibility for all those experiences and realize that they are truly yours? They are and always have been a reflection of what lies within you. Stress and busy-ness cover them up. 

At the end of each class, I close our time together with this ritual saying: 
“May we be Happy, May we be Peaceful, May we be Kind, May we be Free”.
These states are attainable. Moment by moment we can live into the possibility of clear-eyed, open-hearted wholeness.

Yoga is the Path. 
You are the Source. 

"No Word"

The trees hang silent
In the heat…

Undo your heart
Tell me your thoughts
What you were
And what you are…

Like bells no one
Has ever rung.

   –Kenneth Rexroth