The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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 the time.
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 fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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.
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