Asteya- not stealing, generosity

Giving instead of taking
Abundance rather than lacking

Asteya is related to the common feeling of lack.  I am not good enough, I have not done enough, I don't have enough.  Can we instead cultivate a feeling of abundance?  We can ask ourselves, "How is this feeling of lack getting in the way of appreciating what I do have?"

Let your low/mid back be wide and soft.  Isometrically draw your legs up into your pelvis.  Don't steal from your back body to have a bigger pose in your front body; keep your back full.

"Be content with what you have.
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
The whole world belongs to you."
- Tao Te Ching #44 (Stephen Mitchell translation)