During Yogacharya Bharath Shetty’s teaching experience of more than 2 decades he tried to understand his students’ idea of practice, their expectation from yoga and the short cuts taken to meet the expectations.  He observed that the focus for yoga was limited to the physical and external level. In pursuit of happiness, people went on holidays to exotic location, went shopping etc. only to realise it offered fleeting happiness - once it loses its appeal they are on to the next thing. Material things can be enjoyed with an understanding that none will ever provide lasting source of peace, happiness or contentment.