I believe more in concrete spirituality rather than in a spirituality that is divided from the body and from nature.

I've done a little yoga, not as a professional, and every time I have a good teacher I see the immense possibilities and subtleties in this discipline. It's a little bit like music.

Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes too small.

For many of us it is obvious that children are our ultimate investment, but unfortunately children are also the ultimate investment of the gun, tobacco and the liquor industries.

Healthy attention is to improve what can be improved and to accept what we cannot improve.

One asana is strong, then again another is very soft and gentle. So you have this modulation from one asana to another, just as you have from one feeling to another. Then they all, of course, make you lighter, give you space. I feel that space is what I get and receive and like to have - space inside which makes more space for openness outside.

Love your heart. It really is to love yourself to begin with and help everybody else in doing the same. But the heart being the center.