Patañjali defines yoga as:

Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. (Yoga Sutra 1.2)

When the noise begins to settle, something important becomes clearer.

We start to recognise that the source of our experience isn’t outside us — it arises from the light of our own consciousness, and ultimately from the light of Universal Consciousness itself.

Meditation is the invitation to move inward towards that light.

And like any path, the more often we walk it, the more familiar the territory becomes.

Over time we begin to build a relationship with something deeper than the thinking mind — what yoga calls the Self. That connection changes everything:

our relationship with the inner critic
our clarity as teachers
our steadiness in relationships
our starting point as human beings

Even the non-dual tantric understanding of Oneness begins to make sense in an embodied way — not just as philosophy, but as lived experience.

Meditation is simple.

But it isn’t always easy.

If you’d like to strengthen your meditation practice, start small:

Set a timer for 5 minutes
Sit at the beginning or end of your practice
Do that every day for a week

Then try 10 minutes the following week.

Gradually build towards 20 minutes — once a day, or even better, twice a day.

Like all practice, consistency matters more than duration.

And for yoga teachers especially, meditation changes the way we teach. It gives us somewhere real to speak from. It brings clarity, steadiness, and depth into the room — often without us needing to say very much at all.

If you’d like support building your own meditation practice and learning how to include meditation more confidently in your classes, my online training Awakening the Heart – Meditation Teacher Training begins in May.

It’s designed for yoga teachers, trainees, and committed practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of meditation and learn how to share it naturally within their teaching.

You’d be very welcome to join us.