“Humans don’t want to feel good. They want to feel better.”

This was one of those “stop you in your tracks” type of statements. Dr. David Yeager, a psychology professor at UT Austin, corrected Dr. Andrew Huberman’s assertion that most people just want to feel good. Yeager countered with his belief that we don’t want to feel good; we want to feel better than we currently do.

On the surface, this is a noble sentiment. Many of us begin our wellness journeys with the desire to look a certain way, feel a certain way, or perform a certain task better.

These are commendable goals, but things can get tricky after we achieve them. The problem with the continual pursuit of “better” is that it’s difficult to determine what’s enough. Once we reach our goal, we often move the goalposts. What started as a healthy pursuit can become a slippery slope.

We all know people who take a good thing too far, and maybe we know it from firsthand experience. So, we return to the idea of what is enough? How do we work towards the best version of ourselves without overreaching?

This is why we can’t separate the physical practice of yoga from the mental disciplines of yoga. During the contemplative practice, we ask these questions and seek answers.

What we ultimately come to learn is that true happiness and satisfaction don’t come from any practice of wellness—though these can help. True joy and satisfaction are only experienced as we connect more deeply to our Highest Love, a love that exists beyond ourselves.

This is the Love our hearts desire.