Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level: physical, mental, spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.