Choose one of the reading options posted : Santosa or Yoga Sutra 1:2 Commentary. Reflect on your experience of the class since the beginning of the quarter. You may use the following prompts to help you structure your writing. Also, make use of your end- of-class writings to help you remember how you've felt/what you've thought from week to week.

1. What openings, insights, understandings of yourself, and/or challenges have you noticed in your practice since the beginning of class? Consider your experience of physical, mental, and emotional aspects. This is a chance to let me know how it feels for you on the inside.

2. For Santosha: How might you apply the idea of santosha to a specific pose, a challenge you face in yoga class, and/or your approach to yoga (or life) in general? How do you approach any feelings of a "sense of deficiency" and how might you change your approach to instead feel content?

3. For Yoga Sutra 1:2: What insights did this reading have for you? How might you apply the ideas addressed to your mind state during practice, a challenge you face in yoga class or in life in general, and/or to your approach to yoga?