What yoga can teach us about death

Death is the great taboo, a subject we try to avoid or simplify as much as possible. But if you are a long term practitioner, you will know that beneath our postures is the foundation of yoga, a philosophy that leads us to a deeper truth: that everything is impermanent. A seed does not remain a seed, nor does a tree. Life changes and death changes, but for us, human beings, it is less clear. We fear the unknown. Yoga, though, opens our eyes to the obvious: that in order to live fully, we must understand death.