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.

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

When yoga is understood in its totality, it is neither a form of exercise, nor is it an esoteric philosophy or religion; it is a practical and comprehensive science for realizing life's ultimate aims.

Few things are more powerful than learning to trust that your path to a fulfilled life - and the glorious destiny that you are meant to share with the world - is part of your soul's blueprint.

Of course, not all desires lead to happiness. Desires can and do lead to pain and frustration.

Yoga is about life, this means all of life, not just part of it.

It's vital to understand that while you are alive, there is no end to desire, since the seed of your every thought and your every action is a desire.