Ever noticed the use of the word ‘practise’ in yoga? We have a ‘yoga practice’ and we ‘practise yoga’. We don’t ‘do’ yoga. This is no accident and is usually a very deliberate choice of wording. For when we choose to practise something we are giving ourselves permission to get it wrong, to do it badly, to learn and to improve, we don’t have to be ‘perfect’ at it. I find this distinction really comforting within my own ‘practice’, whether it comes to falling on my face during crow poses, collapsing in a heap whilst trying a handstand, or sitting down to meditate whilst my mind continues to think about 20 million other things than just ‘Ommm’, it’s ok, it’s all good because you know what ‘I am practising’. Some days I make progress and learn a lot, some days I just tread water and other days everything feels too damn hard, but again it’s ok, ‘I am practising’. I don’t commit to mastering, perfecting or even getting good at anything, I simply remember to practise; as the wise and great yoga teacher Pattabhi Jois is famous for saying ‘Practise and all is coming’. What are you practising?