The third yama of yoga is non-stealing, which corresponds with the commandment don’t steal. Don’t take stuff that doesn’t belong to you. Pretty simple stuff, right? On the surface it is, but, like all in yoga, there is so much more. I think of don’t steal as not just material things, like committing a crime, but also much more esoteric. Don’t steal people’s time, energy, love.
Most people have that one person in their social orbit that has no clue how much havoc they wreck on others. To them, they are the center of the universe. They are never on time for anything. They cancel plans at the last moment. They expect you to drop everything for them. When they are mad at someone, they expect you to be mad at that person too. Its exhausting.
Maybe you have been in a relationship with someone, and weren’t quite on the same page as to where things were headed. A lot of women stay in dead end relationships for far too long because they think they are going to get married and that they can change their partner. They are letting that person steal their time, energy and love.
Or what’s worse-you’ve gotten that person into a lifelong commitment. You’ve been together forever and a day. Sometimes, familiarity breeds comfort and in other situations, contempt. By not honoring your partner, you are stealing their love, time and energy.
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