As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the body shines in all its majesty when the ashes of desire are scattered by the practice of pranayama.

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.

We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.