Guest Speaker!

So my amazing teacher at LHAA got our class a surprise guest speaker for Christmas and apparently he is a big deal. :) For homework we were told to read a book called The Heart of Yoga and email the guest speaker with two questions. Below are mine....just looking for some feed back I guess. Do these questions make since? Are they worthy of what I am guessing will be his life changing response? 

Question #1

One section caught my attention quite a bit in Part 3 of The Heart of Yoga. I could definitely relate to being excessively attached to something based on the assumption that it would contribute to my ever lasting happiness. When I am bored per say and something different satisfies me, even once I automatically want more. This I assume is normal but, if the possession or activity becomes very important or indispensable whatever the cost what should one do to avoid this leading to future unhappiness? Is there a way yoga can help in this situation?

Question #2

I know that I have not yet reached a state of yoga being that I have only been practicing a short time. I am most confused with detachment.....I know that I could be happier if I lived a life of detachment but I am confused how to get there. I want to go through a cleansing process and let go but it seems as if there is something in the way. A wall of some sort that I can't break down. I feel like this is a critical step in Yoga and I want to conquer this. So I guess my question is: Why??? Why can I not let go? Could this have to do with something from my past that I can not get over?

Namaste,

Samantha Wade (Sami jo)