In the end, yoga has less to do with what you can do with your body and more to do with the happiness that unfolds from realizing your full potential.
Rod StrykerOf course, not all desires lead to happiness. Desires can and do lead to pain and frustration.
Rod StrykerBeautiful women, wealth, sensations, celebrity, substances capable of distorting my perception, and even forcing my body into positions ready for the covers of important yoga magazines - I pursued them all, some wholeheartedly, but none would satisfy my real longing.
Rod StrykerNo matter how long you practiceyou sense there will always be something to learn,something more to embrace about yourself & life.
Rod StrykerEveryone who has ever overcome hardship or adversity has done so in large part because he or she has chosen, consciously or unconsciously, to "let go" of their past hardship and pain by embracing, what I call, a Miracle Angle - a way of seeing their circumstances that allowed them to transform their circumstances into a spark for positive change.
Rod Stryker