When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion.

We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.

Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.

Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen with the eyes, but the back body can only be felt. That's why I say these are the most advanced postures, where the mind begins to look at the back.

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power