As you do your yoga exercises, you become acquainted with your self, without noticing that it's happening. Then one day you recognize that you're more than you think you are, and you let go more and more. You come to rely on your inner stillness; your presence.
Respected yoga teacher Erich Stillman says:
Yoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are... It's a matter of listening inwardly for guidance all the time, and then (be) daring enough and trusting enough to do as you are prompted to do.
Achieving stillness happens slowly, without you noticing. Then one day instead of reacting to a situation as you normally would, you relax into stillness. Then you act from that, or you don't act at all.
