Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.

You can fall out of a tree pose with ease, or with frustration and a sense of defeat. Just like you can take a spill in your life and decide to dust yourself off - with a chuckle or an annoyed grunt - and get back up, or you can stay down, lie there, and give up. It's entirely up to you. It's your life, and your practice.

What you practice on the mat is what you end up doing in your life.

The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward.

You are whole body, whole mind, whole spirit, all the time. When you experience all of you at once, anything is possible.

With meditation, you become a sensitized superhero, completely in control, with endless possibilities at your fingertips.

Why is balance important? From a life lesson standpoint, it's about learning to enjoy yourself without getting the ego involved.