Yoga has come to mean so many different things for different people. For some, it’s exercise. For others, it’s a physical healing. Some come for the meditative aspect of it and others for the community it fosters. But what binds all of these is commitment and devotion. If we are to practice properly, we must practice regularly. And in this case, by practice I mean actually getting into asanas. Now, that doesn’t mean everyday, it doesn’t even mean every other day. But we certainly need to be committed to coming to the mat regularly.

So this raises the question, to what are you devoted. Where do you put your energies on a daily, weekly and monthly basis? Is it work? Is it family and friends? Is it yoga?

Asking this question is quite important because in the answering of it, the commitment deepens and you suddenly realize what is working and what isn’t. Maybe we’re putting too much devotion into work and not enough into personal development. Maybe we want to see our family more often but we replace that by devoting time to shopping.

Whatever it may be, there is no question that when we practice, we are committing to something and this act can inform us of ways to do the same in other areas of our life.