brining practice off the mat and into life

Aahh the life of dharma is a hard path to follow, but rewarding beyond words. The yogis I meet in my travels are happy and filled with santosha- contentment.
They put it into practice off the mat.
One of the Niyamas- observances of the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga involves an ethical life practice of Santosha or contentment.

This is a friend I met from Maui. He is 52, looks a good decade or two younger. A lifelong martial artist, yogi, and vegetarian.

This picture was taking at Christmas eve party where we each recieved a rose and all the yogis donated gifts to the orphanage. I gave a flute as my gift to a future boy to grow up to become the next Krishna in this Yuga perhaps.