What we're trying to do in yoga is to create a union, and so to deepen a yoga pose is to actually increase the union of the pose, not necessarily put your leg around your head.

It's deep passion for my wife that really makes me vulnerable to her.

That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.

Philosophy is unbelievably inspiring to me.

A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.

I have been curious about the mind and body for as long as I can remember. I was a gymnast, a ballet dancer, and a philosophy and physical therapy major. Following the thread of curiosity about mind and body, I took my first yoga class in 1980 and knew from the start that it would be a lifelong passion.