Living your yoga is not just doing it, but being it.

We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.

Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment.

Compassion is the litmus test.

Eat by Choice, Not by Habit combines the author's humor, deep compassion for others and knowledge about food in a way that makes me eager to follow her lead toward healthy eating-and more importantly, toward a healthy attitude about eating. She aptly teaches us all to frame our food issues in a language that is both liberating and comforting.

I don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in.

What you want to get as a teacher is not an email or a Facebook post that says, 'I learned so much about headstands in your class'. What you want to get is 'I learned so much about myself and my life in your class'.