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.
Rod StrykerBeing 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.
Rod StrykerIn 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 StrykerWhat does "living your best life" mean to you? Does it mean accumulating wealth and fulfilling all your material wants? Or, does it mean turning away from the material world in order to fully realize the gift of spirit? We often tend to think of these objectives as being mutually exclusive: material fulfillment or spiritual fulfillment, not both together.
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