In forward bends, one uses the outer mind while in backbends the outer mind is silenced and the inner mind is made to work.

Action is movement with intelligence

One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

Yoga is a means and an end.

Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.

Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.