10/31/2025
Saturday 11/1, 2-3:0pm. Join Sindy for “Intro to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”
“When I wrote my book Radi8: Using the Practice of Yoga to Cultivate Your Inner Shine back in 2017, I didn’t have a big plan or publishing deal. I just had a strong pull to write about yoga philosophy. To make it accessible, real, and relevant to everyday life.
So I showed up every day. A couple of hours each morning before work. Coffee nearby. Dog at my feet. It was steady effort; what yoga calls abhyasa.
But here’s the thing: I wasn’t attached to how it turned out. I didn’t stress about whether anyone would read it, or if it would ever land in a bookstore. I wrote because it felt good. Because it helped me think, process, and practice. That’s vairagya, detachment, or the art of letting go.
When I look back now, Radi8 happened through this exact balance: elbow grease and grace. Effort and ease.
This is one of yoga’s most timeless lessons. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, we’re told that the goal of yoga – the quieting of the fluctuations of the mind – comes through both steady practice and non-attachment. One without the other leaves us off balance.
All practice and no release? We get rigid, burned out, or unhealthily obsessed with outcomes.
All letting go and no discipline? We drift and succumb to the winds of inertia. Life just happens to us, as if we were passive observers of our own lives.
The sweet spot is in between: showing up with clarity and consistency, but holding the results lightly.
That’s true whether you’re deepening your yoga practice, working toward a goal, or simply trying to feel a little more grounded and present in your life.
Maybe this week’s invitation is this: Show up. Do your work. But soften your grip on how it “should” look.
Consistent practice. Gentle detachment. Elbow grease and grace.
With steadiness,
