Sublime

This book is about how to cultivate a yoga practice, what constitutes a yoga practice, how to recognize and work with the different stages on the path, and how to keep the tradition of yoga a living tradition through committed practice and critical engagement. On a heart level, this book is about the cultivation of patience, honesty, nonviolence,

It is dangerous for a yoga student to think that she can do any pose to any depth if she tries harder, and the risk of injury is made worse when the teacher believes the same thing. Our bones are as unique as anything else in our body. Depending upon their shape, structure and orientation, we will be more or less able to move as others do.

But especially when you are off-kilter, you must practice carefully and with a sense of surrender, of not knowing, and of starting over again and again. When approached in this way, the practice will often smooth out imbalances, especially if you practice “all day every day.”