The practices are more about a returning rather than a holding.
When we notice we are “off” or out of balance, askew emotionally, mentally, energetically, or spiritually, we have the practices to bring us back more into balance.
Like a homing device, yoga and meditation return us when we are thrown by events or merely out of kilter.
When we realize the need or desire to realign and make the effort to return to practice, we point or turn ourselves in the direction of our deeper self to come home to ourself.
We turn toward what matters most to us, returning. This is the practice, again and again.
The Every Day Yogi 