“When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.”

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.

Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body

I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

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.

Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.

We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.

One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.

For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.

Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.

But I can’t confront the doubts I have. I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I’m condemning the future to death so it can match the past.