Enlighten Up

Just finished a wonderful film called Enlighten Up about journalist and yoga skeptic Nick Rosen's exploration of yoga.

My favorite part is when Rosen meets Gurusharananda, a revered saint and scholar in India. Rosen asks to know which path is the right path - and which is real yoga?

Gurusharananda responds:

"You came to me. You could have come by cycle. You could have come by car. You could have come by elephant. You could have come by foot. To reach here there are so many directions. That depends on you, where you are at present. It’s not important what you are doing, it’s important why you are doing.

"Whichever path is right for you, is the right path. If a path does not work for you, do not take it. Do not take a path because it is popular, or because it works for someone else. Only do what speaks to you. This is true yoga."