I believe we are capable of great things.

Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are shaped and changed.

As products of our highly competitive and specialized society, with all its ladders and ceilings, neat compartments, titles, and categories, to remain in an expanded state can feel like swimming upstream.

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

I believe myself capable of great things. Some days it feels as if I can't do it alone. It is nice to know I don't have to.

I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous.

You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The practice should open us up, and crack open our hearts again and again.