We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

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

To master fear is the most important battle to win.

While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.

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!