Yoga teaches that life is a journey of self-awareness. We are here to find the place in the middle, between the instinctive self and the conscious self. We need both, but when we get stuck in one or the other, we get out of balance.

Yoga teaches us that we are already whole and complete, just as we are. Ganesha helps us remove the obstacles to this understanding.

There are two types of yogis: renunciate yogis and householder yogis. Both have similar goals of achieving freedom and fulfillment but by different means. The renunciate yogi’s approach is “freedom from,” i.e., freedom from suffering, which requires turning away from the world. In contrast, the householder yogi’s approach is “freedom through,” i.e., freedom through facing life, engaging with life, embracing it, turning toward life.   After trying out the “freedom from sufferi