The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light. If the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain, there is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force.

Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.

As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for emancipation. You are in bondage. So while you are sweating and aching, let your heart be light and let it fill your body with gladness. You are not only becoming free, but you are also being free. What is not to be glad about? The pain is temporary. The freedom is permanent.

Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.

I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.