A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed and co-ordinated functioning of his body, senses, mind, reason and Self.
Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up to that point. Then I struggle to discover what comes after, so this steadiness is not an end, it is the beginning and the instrument.
The commercialism may wash off sometime later.
Learning is as much an art as teaching.
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
I planted the seed, now you must work a lot otherwise the tiny plant will die.
As long as you do not live totally in the body, you do not live totally in the Self.
The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles.
All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.
The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity.
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul.
Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.