What Yoga is for someone else

This morning I was teaching a private class and I got to thinking about what yoga means to someone else.

For myself, I've gone through a journey with an ever changing landscape to get where I am now with yoga. What yoga means to me now is very different from what it meant to me six months ago. It's richer and fuller and more than I can even put into words. It feels deeper than just the physical. The only problem with this journey is that I am having a hard time remembering what yoga was six months ago. I don't remember how it felt or what it meant to me. I am completely stuck in the present moment. This being the case, I have a hard time understanding and empathizing with my students as I get deeper into yoga. I want them to feel what I do now and enjoy the richness but I forget that they have to go through the journey too. 

Some people come to my classes just for the savasana. Some come just to talk. And some even come just because their friends are there. But I'm learning that none of these reasons are wrong. Just because someone doesn't understand yoga and how to get the fullness from it doesn't mean that they won't get something good from it. We all have our own journeys and yes, sometimes I get frustrated because someone isn't focusing on the breath and I don't think they're getting the benefit they should but when it comes down to it, they're there and they are trying. That's what matters. Yoga will come. It comes and it's magic and you'll wonder how you're ever lived without it. Until then, yoga is still good even if you just come for the savasana.
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