When we do concentration exercises, there’s so much the idea that ‘I’m doing this’, it is very hard at that time to separate and see effort as nature – that the mind is simply putting its attention on something again and again.

And there’s so much investment in me getting a concentration or stillness and that can really mess yogis up – and half the retreat can be spent on ‘Oh, I can’t do it, I can’t do it’.

My message, whereas, is that you don’t have to have stillness if you have the right attitude – it’s fine, you can still be aware.