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This belies the Western belief that the competitive spirit produces the highest skill. To this the yogic answer is: detachment from the fruits of the action produces the greatest efficiency. The beauty of yoga is that these abstract principles become concrete in the daily practice of the techniques available in the yoga system. Once the client practices yoga with discipline and consistency, these concepts grow naturally, slowly but surely taking root in all aspects of the client’s life.

We are part of the “instant” culture. We are used to instant food and instant solutions. These are attitudes we have grown up with in our life—as yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and clients. When we go to the doctor we are focused on solving physical problems with medicine—we then get medication that suppresses the symptoms and allows us to go on living the lifestyle that caused the problem in the first place. When we go to a therapist our focus is on fixing our mental or psychological problems through different techniques, so that we can feel better without changing anything. Our focus is on the problem, on the illness—this lies at the heart of pathogenesis. In pathogenesis we want to know what can we do to avoid the problem or cure the symptoms. Our stance is reactive—we only act when there is a manifestation of the problem. Most of us do not think of our health when there is no pain or loss. This is the majority of people’s state of awareness.