As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.

Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.

Not all practitioners can jump to that highest level. They have to climb, step by step from the physical sphere to reach the spiritual sphere. If it is treated as exercise it is not the fault of yoga but of the practitioners.

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

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

An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.