Start Where You Are. Stay a While.

In yoga, there’s a word that comes up often: sthira. It means steadiness. The kind of steadiness that holds you in place when everything else feels uncertain. The kind that doesn’t rush to change the moment. It simply helps you stay with it.

That’s the heart of yoga. Not pushing yourself to be more. Not rushing into the next shape or the next version of yourself. Just being here. Letting yourself feel what’s real and building strength from that place.

You don’t need to do anything big or impressive to start practicing yoga. You don’t need to wear a certain outfit or have the right mindset. You don’t need to wait until your body feels a certain way or your schedule clears up.

You just need a willingness to begin. That’s enough.

And beginning doesn’t have to look dramatic. Sometimes it means sitting on your mat and taking a few deep breaths. Sometimes it means lying down and doing nothing at all. Sometimes it means showing up for five minutes and letting that be your whole practice.

That still counts. That still matters.

So many of us come to yoga thinking we need to be better. We think we’re supposed to be calmer, stronger, or more in control. But yoga isn’t something you earn once you’ve reached a certain version of yourself. It’s something you return to when you’re still figuring things out.

That’s why we say, “Start where you are.”

It’s not meant to be motivational. It’s meant to be an invitation.

Start in your tension. Start in your distraction. Start in your grief. Start in your restlessness or resistance. Start in whatever is most present for you right now.

And then stay a while.

Stay long enough to hear your breath again. Stay long enough to feel your feet on the floor. Stay long enough to remember your body isn’t a problem to fix. It’s a place to come home to.

In yoga, there is also the idea of sukha, or ease. Steadiness and ease are partners. You don’t have to force anything to happen. You can let it unfold. You can stay present, and in that presence, something inside begins to shift on its own.

This practice isn’t about achieving anything. It’s about returning. Returning to your body. Returning to your breath. Returning to the parts of yourself that you’ve been too busy or too tired to feel.

If you’re waiting to feel ready, you don’t need to.

If you’re waiting for your life to settle down first, it might not.

If you’re waiting for the perfect time, this is it.

Start where you are. Stay a while. We’ll be here with you.