In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!

Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.

When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.