Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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 lived. The yogi has lived.
If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice, the wisdom that comes of understanding the self and the world, and worship because ultimately surrendering to what we cannot control allows the ego to relax and lose the anxiety of its own infinitesimally small self in the infinitude of the divine.
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind.The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
Be inspired but not proud.
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion.
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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