I need this to be happy. I need that to be happy. These things could be material or immaterial: a car, a bigger house, a new hat, a calm state of mind, relaxation… The constant quest to improve or progress. But what if we were to pause and simply identify what is already there, learn to be happy from there and then determine if the quest is truly worthwhile. The struggle is really just to peel back the layers, break through the surface of things and to find the source.

Is all seeking is an effort to improve or uncover the contents of consciousness? Like if I’m searching for freedom or enlightenment, how do I know that I’m not already free or enlightened? In some way yoga is here to remind us that we are all free or enlightened but we have attached too many qualifiers to that truth.