How Yoga Works (Chapters 33 - 40)

I do not know why I found so many things funny in the book with these past few chapters, but I giggled at various parts of the book.  For example, I enjoyed reading about the corporal taking initiative and fixing the porch roof - how the captain would not hear him explain since it was out of character for him to take initiative.  I also find it humorous that during the captain's yoga session, everyone in the jail participated through the wall; at the beginning of the book I would have thought the captain would be angry with this, but now he accepts the comments of prisoners and employees.

These chapters showed how yoga has impacted all the characters in the book.  The captain has continued to think critically about the sutras applying to his life.  The sergeant has become much more pleasant; in chapter 36, the sergeant seemed so content with his life.  The corporal has become more confident in himself, for he has begun to take more initiative.  The sergeant's son and corporal's mother have physically been improving.  I love hearing how yoga has had a positive impact.

One other thing I noted in these chapters was how the dynamics in the jail have changed.  One important change is that Ms. Friday is not even locked up anymore; the sergeant does not view her as a prisoner now.  Her cell has the appearance of being secured, but she can leave whenever she wants.

In the second set of sutras, we are taught that meditations helps us deal with the five afflictions.  Ms. Friday tells the captain that he must meditate on the bad seeds, how they came into being, in order to learn self-control.