arises, grows, and eventually takes you away
from the mat.
So, when you attend yoga classes or do yoga
at home, pay attention to things that give you
pleasure. Pick them up, do them regularly, and
you’ll see that pleasure is the greatest
supporter you can have in your practice. It
motives you better than any argument your
rational mind could think of.
You may intellectually know, ‘This asana could
really help me cure my lower back pain.’ But if
your overall practice isn’t enjoyable, you can
always find reasons to postpone yoga until
tomorrow, which never comes.
When you fall in love with something, say, you
go on holiday, and for the first time in your life
you swim in the sea and totally love it. Do you
have to force yourself to go and swim the next
day? Certainly not. You just follow the calling
of your heart and swim every single day you’re
next to the sea.
In the same way, if you choose the path of
pleasure in yoga, you’re more likely to stick to
your practice and do yoga regularly. You won’t
need to convince yourself to step on the mat: