I discovered what happens when I choose to move out of my small self and see the Divine in all beings. I found God not in the shala of Pattabhi Jois, in the hugs of Ammachi, or in the rainbows and flowers of Pondicherry, but within myself. Yogis call this ishvara pranidhana — radical openness, surrender, devotion, communion with the Divine — the fifth of the five niyamas. When that happened, I witnessed the sacredness of the whole world. Swami Satchidananda nailed it when he said we must surrender to what is, which “requires trust in our deepest Self, our intuition and the courage to express
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