1. Consider Samasthi your true nature: calm, present, centered, balanced and clear.

2. Pay attention to how each pose creates the challenge of finding your true nature amidst the problem it creates – and pay attention to how you pay attention.

3. Cultivate vinyasa, the conscious connection of breath to movement in your body, paying close attention to the steady, rhythmic, balanced flow of your breath.

4. Let your practice be primarily about your breath. Find the strained part of your breath and smooth it out. Lengthen (slow) the beginning and end of the inhale and exhale -- the mid-part naturally goes more slowly. Complete each exhale. Complete each asana with completion of the exhale. Initiate movement into the next pose with the inhale.

5. Expand your concept of vinyasa - just as movement into and out of poses is initiated with the breath, use the breath within each pose to refine it, tuning in to the small, subtle movements within the relative stillness of each held pose. Working within the pose, make smaller movements more often rather than large movements.

6. Find your roots, work from your roots, and consciously cultivate expansion and stable extension from your roots.

7. Cultivate balance: in your breath, between the front and back of your body, from the front of the foot to the back of the foot, between strength and relaxation, between effort and ease.

8. Allow yourself to be guided from within by tuning in and listening to what your body is saying. You are ultimately your own best teacher.

9. Allow yourself a sense of playfulness in the practice. While some moments or time periods in your practice might draw out deeply rooted feelings that result in sadness or melancholy, on balance open yourself to a growing sense of integration, bliss and fun.

10. Let your practice be your practice of moving into stillness and well being.