APARIGRAHA- Non-attachment, non-possessiveness.

When we discuss non-attachment it invites us to look at how we so often cling to wanting life to go the way we want.  However, we see that in fact we are never sure how things will unfold and turn out.
We also find that everything changes.
 If we identify too strongly with what we think, our understanding, our opinions, our likes and dislikes we may find our world becoming more and more narrow and we become more contracted.
The practice of letting go is built into our yoga practice.   Our last pose, Savasana, is the pose of surrender, the pose of deep rest and release.   When we practice Savasana, we embody this quality of yielding and accepting what is in the moment.  However, we do not have to be in the pose to practice this.  Everyday we have opportunites to let go of a thought, a negative feeling, a judgement, a disappointment,  and invite in something new... we become more spacious, more open to change.
We become more curious and more loving.