“The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.”

You exist without the feeling of existence.

When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.

The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.

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.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.

Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.

After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.

It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.

Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.