Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow to, who can teach you how to be kind - how to serve others - because the key to enlightenment lies in that. Be humble, work hard, study and practice. Chant the Name of God, do japa and meditate, every day.

Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.

Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose.

Through the deeply theraputic practice of asana, we begin to purify our karmas, thereby healing our past relationships with others and reestablishing a steady and joyful connection with the Earth, which means all beings.

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.

It is a fact that the ecological devastation of the planet can be traced to the consumption of meat and dairy, which contributes to water, soil, and air pollution as well as global warming and the mass extinction of many species of plant and animal forms.