That exact calibration is your blueprint for freedom. At the moment of conception, we are pristine. Later we are conditioned by our parents, teachers and society, taking us further from our pure selves. Consider also that each of us has our own unique dharma-who we are supposed to be in this lifetime. Any attempt to be other that what we are will bring unhappiness.
Rod describes it as a science of energy management.
If you can master the energy in your body, you can master the world. At a certain level of consciousness, the stars no longer command us. We command the stars. First of all we need to ask ourselves why we practice yoga, says Rod. If it is to become calm, ask yourself why you want to become calm.