Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

To master fear is the most important battle to win.

The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

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.

Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.