Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart