Last Sunday I came to yoga class and almost left before it even started. My attention felt completely scattered and even my breath felt inaccessible. Surprisingly, what helped wasn’t forcing concentration, but gently returning my gaze to one steady place. This is drishti: the practice of directing attention and noticing how where we place our focus shapes our experience- on and off the mat.

Before anything grows upward, it grows downward. This reflection explores the idea of rooting in practice—how steadiness, consistency, and care form the unseen ground that supports growth. Through yoga philosophy, nature, and everyday life, it considers how we tend to ourselves like a seed: with patience, attention, and trust in what is still becoming.