“I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.”

Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.

Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.

Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.

I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.

The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being

Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.

When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

If you’re standing in the manure pile, it’s somebody’s job to mention the stink.

Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more–it’s sad, but that’s the truth.

The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.

We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.

The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.

I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn’t so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.

Nut I came to this point. without realising my attitude and actions. It’s like I am slowing falling into a valley. I wonder where I’m standing now.

The day of judgment will be a day when the skeletons come out of the closets! And each of us will be standing there to face the record.