What does “Guru” mean in yoga? Not a personality, but a principle: how knowledge is transmitted, refined, and guided in the tradition.

Most serious practitioners eventually study with more than one teacher. Few stop to ask whether those teachers actually agree with one another.

Patañjali placed āsana third. Before it comes yama and niyama, the foundation of how we relate to ourselves and others. This is not philosophy as preamble. It is the practice that makes the practice possible.