A Way of Living

My relationship with practice is not perfect.

Some days I arrive at the mat with discipline. Some days with resistance. Some days I don’t arrive at all.

Over the years, I’ve learnt that consistency has very little to do with doing everything perfectly. It has much more to do with returning.

Yoga, pranayama, and dhyana have been part of my life for years. They give me a way to slow down, pay attention, and come back to myself.

A thought shared by my teacher has stayed with me:

“365 - 1 = 0.”

I used to think about that as discipline. These days, I think about it a little differently.

Every day matters, but practice doesn’t have to look the same every day.

Sometimes it is an hour on the mat. Sometimes it is a few mindful breaths before I respond to something. Sometimes it is a walk, sitting quietly, or simply noticing that my mind has wandered and bringing it back.

And not everything I’ve learnt about practice has come from the mat.

It has come from books, conversations, travel, people I’ve met, and watching how others move through love, loss, joy, change, and uncertainty.

Studying the Bhagavad Gita with my guru changed something in the way I understood all of this. Practice stopped feeling like something I did for an hour and became something I could carry into ordinary life — into how I think, speak, respond, and show up.

I’m still learning what that means.

Maybe I always will be.

For me, wellness isn’t about becoming a different person. It’s about paying attention, returning when I drift, and learning to live a little more consciously.

This page is a collection of the practices, books, and ideas that continue to help me do that.