There is a concept in Yoga called Sthira-Sukham-Asanam and it translates as steady, ease/joyfullness, asana (earth, presence of mind). It comes from the Yoga sutra: “One’s connection to the earth (asana) is steady (sthira) and joyful (sukham)" (ekhartyoga.com) Patanjali, and the ancient Yogis intended for Yoga to follow this principle. The practitioner follows a practice that produces a balance between effort and ease, and allows for steadiness of mind, body, and spirit. Somewhere in mainstream Yoga, and in our daily lives, it has been lost. We are been conditioned to believe that the faster we move, the harder we work, and the more we shove into our day, our to-do lists, and yes even in our Yoga practice, the better the outcome. The result is, collective stress levels higher then they have ever been