Our city is celebrating the victory of our professional football team, the Seahawks. The fireworks left over from New Year’s Eve blasted out the fans’ joy. We are in a good position to go all the way to the Super Bowl.
Elsewhere, bombs are blasting overhead as the drums of war continue to escalate.  Students arrived to my morning classes, disturbed by the upsetting news. The yoga path nudges practitioners toward the middle, eschewing extremes in order to find balance and peace.
What brings you bright pleasure or dark pain? Are you willing to release attachment to extremes so to walk the middle path? Ki to Happiness has “compassion for the victors”and “sympathy for the losers “ as recommended by the Yoga Sutras.