That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.

We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

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

One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion