It is interesting to note that even joy and happiness is thought of as an illusion in yogic texts; a craving that can ultimately lead to suffering. When we talk about the koshas accurately we are not just talking about a perceived reality, but rather an ancient system of observing story and impermanence; the five ways through which we can misunderstand the truth. 

Rather than making yoga into a goal-orientated sport of trying to squeeze bodies into poses, use it instead as a practice for cultivating confidence in your ability to feel for and follow what you know is right. Your alignment is unique to you, it changes every single day, and if you can practice finding it on your mat - you might find it easier to practice finding it in your life as well. Cue the glorious end of people pleasing! 

The wisdom body is a sensory body, a feeling body. It is the right instinct to run without first having a rational cause. It is the whisper on the wind that says go there, not that way, not just yet, this is it, wait, go now.

Your mind is like a shallow pond of water through which you are trying to see your own reflection. When the water is agitated, all you see is illusion. But if you can still the water, allow it to grow calm, the answer becomes clear.

Empathy and compassion are skills that cannot be undervalued in our world. But living too much in the energy body can be like walking around with no skin - painful, exposed, and without the power to help those whose pain you take you on so bravely. 

There is a place deep within you that is wise and knows the way. And if you go even deeper than that, there is a whole and pure part of you that is living, constantly, in a state of unconditional bliss….