When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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.