Yoga Quotes

Perseverance is the essential requirement in the practice of yoga. It has to be done day by day, week by week, year by year, until the mind is brought to the ‘still point’ where it is open to the grace of God.

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.

You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

Yoga adds years to your life and life to your years.

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

Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.

The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

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

The pose begins when you want to leave it.

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it