Occupation: Teacher Birth: December 14, 1918 Death: August 20, 2014
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….
Action is movement with intelligence.
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul.
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert..
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity.
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circ….
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice..
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not live….
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 ….
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed..
Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us..
As long as you do not live totally in the body, you do not live totally in the Self..
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul..
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life..
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art..
Breath is the king of mind..
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the frag….
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life..
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal..
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….
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life..