Getting Yoga Ready (7) - Santosha
The second of the five niyamas or observances is santosha, which means contentment. Before I reflect on this, let me share a small incident that happened when I was at Chinmaya Voboothi, Kolwan this summer. We were sitting at Guruji's (Swami Tejomayananda's) kutiya after breakfast. Devotees and visitors kept coming to offer their pranams to Guruji. There was this young lady who asked Guruji, "how to be happy in life?" Guruji asked her, "aren't you happy?" and she replied saying that she was frustrated with her work. For the past three years, she has been performing well and has been putting in her best efforts, but her appraisal was not favourable. She felt bad that inspite of her hard work and dedication for three years, she was not promoted. Guruji jokingly said, "For three years you didn't get promotion na, don't worry this time you will get." and fell silent. Obviously the lady wanted something more and we were all