Bikram Choudhury Quotes

If you have a good spine, the gods will chase you. Nobody has psychological or emotional problems, everyone has a bad spine.

Bikram Yoga will give you 'The Key to the Kingdom of Health'

Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word - 'Bikram' - because Bikram makes her what she is today. It works.

Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don't have to assault the women.

Falling out of a posture means you are human; getting back into the posture means you are a yogi.

I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.

You are never too old or too broken. It is never too late to begin, or to start all over again.

I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.

Let no one steal your peace.

Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.

My wife never look at me anymore, my children, my wife ... we only die once in our life. I'm dying every day when I get up in the morning.

All you need are the words I give you here and your own honest efforts.

The meaning of yoga is connection of mind, body and spirit. If you have a bad telecommunication system, your body gets sick. Yoga helps fix that.

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

Our ultimate destination is mental peace.

Yoga is the only exercise on this planet from which you gain energy instead of burning energy.

Cheer up, things will get worse.

Any kind of problem you have in your life, you come to Bikram. Your life becomes the best in the world.

Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of yourself. First by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can begin to realize your human spirit.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. Its a balance.

Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it.

Would you rather suffer 90 minutes or 90 years?

If you don't suffer, you don't get anything. Nothing easy in life.

When you practice yoga, first your personality changes, the faith increases, then confidence improves

Regardless of your age or current physical condition you'll laugh, cry, moan, groan, sweat and experience the most exciting, hard working and effective therapeutic yoga routine in the world.

You have nothing to lose. You had nothing to begin with.

I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiritualism into your life.

Yoga is the only exercise in the world you can do at any age. There is always some posture that will improve your health, mind and soul.

The real pleasure,the real peace, the real enlightenment is to give. The more you give the more you get. If you give 10, you get 100.

In life you only have to travel 6 inches. That is the distance from your mind to your heart.

Nothing can steal happiness, peace, away from you: if anyone does make you angry, you are the loser; if someone can allow you to lose peace, you are the loser.

No matter how old or sick or out of shape, you can still stretch and have a new beginning with yoga.

The right way is the hard way.

I guarantee you, yoga will compete with computers, music, sports, automobiles, the drug industry. Yoga will take over the world!

Give me 30 days, I'll change your body. Give me 60 days , I'll change your life

It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and nothing but you, standing in one spot frozen like a statue with no place to go for help or excuse or scapegoat except inward.