Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured..

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within..

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness..

Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose..

Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into ….

By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind..

When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?.

I am old, and death inevitably approaches. But both birth and death are beyond the will of a human being. They are not my domain. I do not think abou….

I always tell people, live happily and die majestically..

Your body is the child of your soul..

As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for emancipation. You are in bondage. So while you a….

If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed..

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at ….

Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art..

An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind..

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

When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake..

While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then b….

We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sid….

Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and sweat….

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed..