In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.

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 practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.

The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.