We all experience pain and suffering, but it is not the quintessential nature of life. Just because the earth turns away from the sun and night occurs doesn't mean that the sun isn't always shining. It might be hard to see sometimes, but goodness and divine beauty can always be found if you adjust your vision just right.

The two partners in a relationship also need to have some similar interests in addition to a similar life view.

Yoga is about awakening. Yoga is about creating a life that brings more beauty and more love into the world.

Over time the energy generated in romance and lovemaking provides the vitality that inspires each partner for enthusiastic creative expression in life.

Having a similar outlook on life is the central key for long-term sustainability in any love relationship.

May all of our relationships be gateways to sharing in the highest love and sweetest joys, and to awakening to our full potential.

Communication within the couple includes the open, clear, and honest sharing of feelings, desires, thoughts, interests, and creative ideas. It is in this sharing of the deepest parts of ourselves with another that true intimacy in the relationship is cultivated.