If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
Learning is as much an art as teaching
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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.
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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.
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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