I’ve never driven with a yoga teacher

but I bet they listen to their music,

even the commercials, and

rarely lose touch with their breath.

When the radio announcer shouts, “You

could win the $50 million lottery,” they think:

The money would be nice but it would

good if someone needy and grounded

gets the lucky ticket and then shares

it with others.

As they walk into the studio they

don’t need to correct their spine angle

or force a smile, they are spontaneously

in position to greet, witness, honor,

celebrate.

And at the end of practice, as they bow

their heads and bring their hands to heart-center

to, “Honor the light in all those in this room and those

now gone but who are always in our lives,”

they mean it, really, truly, they feel it.

They live yoga.

If only the leaders of government and business

followed their lead the world would be better,

surely more flexible.

This sincerity, as much as any liberating pose, wise word,

patient ear, is their great teaching.

And for that your students bow deeply.

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Editor: Travis May

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