The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
You exist without the feeling of existence.
Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise.
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine spirit which lives through the body.
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
Yoga takes us to an unconditioned freedom, because yoga sees even good habits as a form of conditioning or limitation.
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.