Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

Feeling the movement of movements is wandering to the past or future. Living in the movements of movement is being in the present.

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

For me there were only two ways on the precipice - either I have to fall in or I have to fall out, to accept or say good-bye. The moment I crossed the precipice, it no longer was a discipline - it became a passion, an urge to pursue. Then I experienced freedom. Freedom comes when the discipline revolutionizes the discipline as a passion for the art.

Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.

It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.

Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.