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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.
As long as you do not live totally in the body, you do not live totally in the Self.
As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise.
Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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.
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.