A successful tree pose probably won't change your life. Learning how to keep your breath easy, long, and deep no matter what the circumstance? That absolutely will.

External means of escape like alcohol, drug use, and even overeating are a means of pushing uncertainty away and covering it up temporarily. And they may feel comforting for a moment, but I don't need to tell you that eventually they will cause more trouble than they ever solve.

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

You can tell a lot about yourself by how you go about things.

Everything you need to know is right there inside, waiting for you to tap in and discover it, and then hopefully do something about it.

Your tree pose is going crazy and you're falling; and your leg is burning; and it feels impossible to maintain any sort of stability practice observing what's happening instead of getting wrapped up in the circumstance. If you can learn to be easy with your breath in these moments, your body and mind will follow.

Each exhale allows us to let go of the moment that has just passed.