Occupation: Teacher Birth: December 14, 1918 Death: August 20, 2014
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss..
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects..
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity.
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimi….
By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom..
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum..
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole..
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the ….
As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peac….
Breath is the king of mind..
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of div….
Where does the body end and the mind begin? Where does the mind end and the spirit begin? They cannot be divided as they are inter-related and but di….
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command….
Action is movement with intelligence.
A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head.
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat..
One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings..
If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close..
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 ….
Move from the known to the unknown..
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions..