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

The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.

As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.

You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion

Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.

Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts