Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
The commercialism may wash off sometime later.
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
To master fear is the most important battle to win.
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.