How do I build a sustainable daily practice when life keeps interrupting?

Patanjali understood something we've forgotten: practice isn't about perfection or unbroken streaks. He called it 'abhyasa'—repetition with attention. The civilizations that lasted 300 years didn't have more time than we do; they had a different relationship with consistency. Start small enough that interruptions don't derail you. Five minutes of actual presence beats thirty minutes of distraction. What matters is that you return—not that you never break. Every interruption is practice too, because what you're really training is the mind's ability to come back without judgment. Patanjali's insight was this: mastery isn't about never falling. It's about the quality of your return. When life interrupts—and it will—that moment of choosing to resume is where the real work happens. Make your practice something so modest that resuming feels natural, not like failure. Start with one thing. One posture, one breath technique, one minute of sitting. Not because it's easy, but because it's honest. From there, the practice deepens itself.