It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.
It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best.
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn’t have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can’t practice Ashtanga yoga.
So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it’s not your history but your presence on your mat that counts.
Do your practice and all is coming.
Yoga is an internal practice. The rest is just a circus.
The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one’s heart.
Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.
Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.
If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter – if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.
Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge.
Yoga is your mind control capacity.
Lazy people can’t practice Ashtanga Yoga.