Contentment is a requirement for peace of mind, yet we live in a culture that fosters discontentment. We are bombarded by advertisements that make us feel inadequate and promote a continual grasping for material wealth and sensual experience. We are taught to seek superficial gratification with no regard for future consequences for ourselves or the world. We become attached to things and people to avoid our personal discomfort. We are led to believe that satisfaction of our cravings, as well as our egos, will bring happiness. To the contrary, ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion and clinging to the sensual are actually obstacles to our contentment and our prospects for liberation. If one can practice Santosha then can keep away these all obstacles and go on peacefully on the path of Yoga.

              May all hearts be at ease! May our contentment promote the energies to alleviate suffering and turn ignorance into knowledge! May the cultivation of santosha guide us to courageous action, deeper community and greater love of all sentient beings!

Namste Ji,

Yogi Manu.