Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
The commercialism may wash off sometime later.
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.