Santosha
saṃtoṣaContentment. The second niyama, and a favorite theme for the closing minutes of class.
Contentment appears in the Yoga Sutras twice: once as a duty, in the list of observances, and once with a promise attached:
As a result of contentment there is an acquisition of superlative pleasure.
The original Sanskrit
saṃtoṣād anuttamaḥ sukhalābhaḥ
Superlative is the translator's word, not a modern embellishment. The claim is that practiced contentment outperforms getting what you wanted.