Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Yoga is a means and an end.

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.

I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.

When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.

Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.