Life underlying the whole Existence keeps manifesting. That brings about waves of change in all matter and takes it through cycles of evolutions and involutions. This is evident all around us all the time. Our individual minds try to put brakes and create a false status quo. In moment of grief and pain we try consolation that it will pass. In moment of happiness we convince ourselves that it will stay forever.
Yoga brings the involuntary change back on to our radar. It lets us understand the change, recognize the force behind it and equips us to deal with it consciously. There is no need to love or hate change, nor does it pay to resist it.
A yogi needs to be aware of and positively foster change in oneself. And it begins with readiness to change. But, to look for change in the physical body is to ignore the preceding changes in mind and the subtle bodies. One such subtle change happens in our thoughts, views and beliefs. Mind?s inertia is so strong that we are reluctant to see this change. Our self-image is so intimately tied to our beloved views and beliefs that any contrary thoughts appear threatening.
Respectful reception to contrary views and opinions is the first sign of paying respect to the universal phenomenon of change. Only this opens doors to any conscious change that Yoga brings about.