We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.

The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.