It is attachment to desire, not desire itself, that is the underlying cause of practically all of our pain and suffering.

Looking back, I see that I was born with the subtle sense that material treasures alone, no matter how grand, would never be enough to satisfy the longing in my heart to see the light, to know the truth.

Thank you, restlessness, as challenging a traveling companion as there could be. In the end, my embrace of you was what sent me on the only search that really counts. Responding to you was the stirring that led me to sit every morning and to venture into that invisible terrain where seeker and sought merge and rest together, once and for all eternity.

Being able to recognize which of your desires are vital to pursue and which ones are not is often less than easy. This is precisely why the ancient sages counseled that we practice yoga. Their point was a very practical one: You are best able to discern which of your many desires should (and should not) be responded to when your mind is calm and tranquil.

The yoga tradition addresses how to live and how to shape your life with a commanding sense of purpose, capacity and meaning.

Do yoga in order to know what to do when you're not doing yoga.

No matter how long you practiceyou sense there will always be something to learn,something more to embrace about yourself & life.