What’s the next best thing?

In a recent yoga class, the teacher starts class by saying “Maybe you are faced with a daunting task, in your personal life or professional life, and the finish line seems so far away. What is the next thing you can do, to keep moving forward, and how can you do...

Focus on the action, and let go of the outcome

This phrase was used by a yoga teacher a few years ago in a class. Right in the middle of some generic pose, it didn’t matter which one. She said “focus on the action, let go of the outcome.” Focus on the action of moving and breathing, let go of the outcome of what...

Take your yoga with you

My Sunday morning yoga teacher always ends class the same way. She guides us out of Savasana, and invites us to sit at the front of the mat by saying, “If you are ready to venture beyond these walls and to take your yoga with you…” What does it mean...