For all of you who are not gardeners or have not had the pleasure of owning this plant, this is a picture of a moon flower, not to be mistaken with a moon vine. Unlike the moon vine, it is a perennial. But that is not the most unique characteristics of this plant. The cool thing about this plant is that it blossoms at night with the moon and closes when the sun rises. It was given to me by a family friend in Duck, North Carolina, while visiting several years ago. I mistakenly moved it too soon after the first year of blossoming and the next year it did not return. I thought to myself, I “lost it” and was so sadden by it. Fast forward a bit; I was on a walk one day and found that a neighbor had the same plant and she upon hearing of my story about loosing my plant allowed me to have one of her small plants; in addition she gave me some seeds. I was delighted, for what was lost had been found. A month or so went by and I noticed several of these unknown flowers sprouting throughout my yard and guess what they were.. . . moon flowers. There are two lessons I got from the moon flower that can be applied to yoga. First, that patience can create many wonderful possibilities, so if we cannot yet move on our mat in a way that we like or if we can’t seem to conquer that crow pose then show yourself some self-compassion and wait. The second, we have what we need. B.K.S. Iyengar reminded us years ago when he battled influenza at a young age, which came with many other complications, but despite his physical challenges became one of the most well known yoga teachers in the world. I think in life when are looking for that thing that will complete us or make us happy but we truly have all we need if we would only look deep inside of our souls.