I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be…

This week in our community yoga class, we explored one of the most fundamental pillars of the practice: knowing how to distinguish between your temporary experiences and the permanent field of awareness in which they arise.

The secret to this shift lies in non-attachment, a foundational concept known in the Yoga Sutras as Aparigraha.

What is Aparigraha?

In our everyday lives, practicing Aparigraha teaches us to:

• Let go of constant wanting and gripping

• Take only what we truly need

• Release rigid expectations about how things "should" be

Ultimately, it gives us the ultimate creative superpower: the ability to be entirely at peace with what is.

To help embody this liberating shift on and off the mat, try practicing this simple affirmation:

“I am exactly where I am supposed to be, doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing. In this moment, there is nowhere else to be and nothing else to do.”

Memorise these lines, tweak them to fit your voice. Experiment and repeat them internally whenever you feel overwhelmed, lost or frustrated about where you are and what you are doing.

When we stop demanding that the present moment be different than it is, something beautiful happens. You will notice an almost immediate softening of the mind and body.

By letting your habitual likes, dislikes, and judgments fade into the background, you automatically dial down stress and anxiety. The urgent desire to escape your current experience subsides, soothing your nervous system out of fight-or-flight mode.

This feeling of relaxed opening is the moment your true nature—pure, conscious awareness—fully takes the wheel. It unlocks an inner flow state of energised creativity and joy that is always resting just beneath the surface.

The more you practice, the easier this shift becomes. Over time, it alters how you move through the world, until you find yourself not just practicing yoga, but truly being yoga.

Try it today—and discover how you can shifts your energy and your world.