Yoga Reset From the Inside

My latest article published in OM Yoga Magazine May 1, 2026

A yoga reset from the inside takes time. And when we stay long enough, the surface may may open-up, curl, or crack like birch bark drying in the sun. But eventually, resistance to self-discovery and tuning into self gives way, and what begins showing up is something that’s been there all along. And that’s the authentic you.

Then the real work of yoga begins making changes in us, in small steps . . . at first, when our defensiveness starts to morph and peel away. Then, our

yoga reset begins from the inside when we discern more vs. less:

More water, less excess
Better choices, fewer excuses.

More presence, less distraction
More family, less tribalism.

Every move outward turns the worm of transformation inward, and every move inward deepens the yogis care quotients and outward steps. The change is is uncovered layer by layer . . . like birch bark peeled from the tree.

Yoga’s reset builds quotients that matter: intelligence quotients, emotional quotients, and hospitality quotients. The result? You change the way you meet yourself and others.

Over time, the reset compounds to affect everything, and the yogi springs forward with more of the important quotients: Intelligence quotient, Emotional quotient, Hospitality quotient.

They show up in attention and by the way you meet yourself and others.
And in these meetings, change unfolds layer by curled layer . . . like birch bark set in the sun to dry.

This yoga reset is a calibration of a way of being that brings out what you are at the core. In quite moments we find that calibration, and we practice it on the mat. It becomes a satyagraha (truth force) revealing who we really are and who we really wanat to be.

Then, our alliances grow in ways we may not expect; the family we identify with grows and takes on a rainbow hue. An internal question registers anew: how can we be against anyone when they are in our family? When this expanded definition of shared humanity takes root in us, it’s entirely normal that our interests change and we don’t care about our “team” because the most important change agent in the game of life is us. None but ourselves can change our mind, Bob Marley wrote.  This leads us to change ourselves so that we are better people to ourselves and others. Read again, both to ourselves and others.

When our internal reset prioritizes important things: family, health, love, our connections to energies beyond ourselves, and self-care, the material things fade into backdrops to abundant life. Who really cares what the temperature is – in or out of the yoga room – when an indomitable will has worked its way into our bodies, minds, and spirits, a will that’s built a fortress against the trivial.

Yoga is a martial art of the soul, and its heated engagements reset body and soul by the hatha of breath, the force of will, and a convocation of the inner winds (vayus). And when we are shaped by yoga’s tapas we shift like lava and our practice unfolds as a slow but sure truthforce for change.

It’s a change written in an ancient body, mind, and spirit blueprint. Every move outward turns the worm of transformation inward, and every move inward deepens the yogis care quotient and outward step. It’s a building of quotients that matter: intelligence quotient, emotional quotient, and hospitality quotient.

We morph in and out of ancient postures, like heated stones, only to begin again like the child in repose, learning anew and resetting ourselves on a new path, proudly taking baby steps forward

My latest piece with Om Yoga Magazine (see below) explores this pare down.

Find article #109 here. Thank you Om Yoga Magazine