There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

When there is firm conquest over covetousness, they who have conquered it wake up to the how and why of life.

It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.

The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

Chanting is one of the most traditional and first Yoga practices. It helps to open the throat area and is a great way to learn some Sanskrit and the Yoga Sutra.