For example, if āsanas are being practiced in a class, we have a tendency to compare ourselves with others. We notice that someone is more limber than we are, and that comparison creates dissatisfaction. Yet the practice of āsanas is not a sporting contest. Just because one person can bend forward further than another does not necessarily mean that she is more advanced in her yoga practice. Such comparisons lead to a satisfaction that relies on a feeling of superiority, or to a dissatisfaction that stems from a sense of inferiority. Such dissatisfaction often weighs so heavily upon us that it
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