Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul...
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts.
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul.
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
To do is hard, but to teach is still harder. Do not teach only to teach. Teach to improve the pupil. To be a teacher requires tremendous, vigorous discipline on oneself. We are teachers because somebody demands it from us. But the teacher should first rub his own self, and teach afterwards.
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
The mind is the king of the senses, and the breath is the king of the mind.
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress.