Within us all is a core of Basic Goodness. This is not something we have to earn; it’s our natural state.
But sometimes we get confused, angry, anxious, afraid, and we don’t feel our goodness.
This is where yoga and meditation come in. These practices are course corrections, bringing us back into alignment with who we are already; they offer methods for us to rest fearlessly in our natural state, which is basically good.
Try it now:
Sit up nice and tall.
Feel your seat on the cushion or the chair.
Feel the space all around you.
Slowly begin to deepen your breathing, little by little, breath by breath.
Just like the fresh feeling we get from communing with nature, we can always come back to our own natural breath and once again, experience what it is to be alive, fresh and present.
This is how yoga can helps us appreciate our own goodness in every moment. When we become more familiar with our experience of goodness, we begin to recognize it in others. And we remember that the whole world is sacred.