Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.

The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.

Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.