Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart.
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being.
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.