Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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.
The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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