Closing / WIA

This concludes the practices necessary to embody the five wisdoms. So to close, I want to bring us back to what this whole Wisdom in Action challenge is really about. We will go more deeply into each practice in LNM2. Don't panic.

There's an ancient saying that when we learn something, we should test it the way we test gold: we burn it, we cut it, and we rub it. And that's what this challenge is. We're not just collecting beautiful ideas — we're testing them in the body of our actual life. We are the crucible. The practices are the fire. And if the truth is real, we should be changed by it. That's our job now: to practice these teachings until we discover their truth for ourselves.

We're transforming the inner winds with our thoughts. And we're transforming our thoughts with these practices. Why thoughts? Because thoughts are powerful seeds. They're close to the source code. From them come our words, our actions, and eventually the world we experience.

In the last class, we worked with transforming vyana vayu, apana vayu, and samana vayu. And now we carry that forward — not as homework we "get through," but as a way of being. And there's one final ingredient we really need: community. The WIA challenge gives us a place to practice imperfectly with people who are also trying — a place to make mistakes, a place to be reminded, a place to fall, get back up, and keep going. That matters. Because we are not doing this alone.

We are practicing in the shade of Lady Niguma, with the support of this lineage, these teachers, these texts, and each other. And really, what we're talking about is trading pain for wisdom. Not bypassing pain. Not pretending things don't hurt. But learning how to metabolize what hurts into something exquisite, something expansive, something useful.

The key is in the practices. And I really believe this: practicing them is one of the most beautiful things you can do — for the people you love, for your teachers, for your future self, and for the world you're trying to create. So carry your yogi image with you. Carry that vision into the Wisdom in Action challenge. Not as fantasy. As rehearsal. As identity. As a promise.

This is how we become the yogi. Practice plan → you becoming the yogi through practice. Here is a vision of all of you as that yogi. Carry that vision into the Wisdom in Action challenge!

There are a few distinctions that make the yoga tradition: the subtle body, practicing with outer methods, chi nang tabla.

I love seeing everyone's spirit animals, and the weapons of love they carry, the adornments. We should call on those things every day, keep them in mind. Dress ourselves up as Rainbow Warriors in our mind. Don't think of ourselves as normal. That's the great vow: see ourselves and our world as magic. To see ourselves as normal people breaks that vow. What's normal? Self-doubt.

Thank you to the students, distributors, China teachers, tech team, translators, friends, YSI teachers, libraries, the ancient texts, and our families for supporting us through it.

PTM. All of our coursework is interconnected — there is a process. Earle and Connie have had this secret plan for us: a plan to transform us into masters of yoga. We've been working on a model that outlines this path to mastery. Time to get your diplomas in — complete your final exam. What's next in the Lady Niguma world? Suggested preliminaries for LNF3: LNF1, LNF2.

Our little Niguma practitioners grow up so fast. Last year, I asked us to be like a flower, and the bee will come. And now LN3 is coming — it's nearly here — maybe it's someone so unexpected.

Finding a teacher: one of our 22 practices is to see ourselves and everyone as special, with the capacity to help us and bring us to our goals. LNF3 is dedicated to meeting Lady Niguma, the lady of illusion. Is it about meeting the actual figure of Lady Niguma? It's about seeing that the world is a reflection of our seeds — to see the magic in everyday life. Not just make-believe, not just in the imagination — really, in the flesh, felt in the body, how it affects the body.

And so we cultivate a longing — with that decision to try to make the most of life. Even though there's no obvious path, that's what starts to form the path. It's that longing, it's that decision, it's that renunciation. We're lost in this forest. There's no obvious path. But we start to listen to our heart, and the path starts to become more visible. The angel awaits.