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

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

Not all practitioners can jump to that highest level. They have to climb, step by step from the physical sphere to reach the spiritual sphere. If it is treated as exercise it is not the fault of yoga but of the practitioners.

If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity

The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed and co-ordinated functioning of his body, senses, mind, reason and Self.

First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.