Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.
Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.
Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.
Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.
The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.
The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.