Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

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.

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 think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.

Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.