Quotations

Yoga asanas with the help of pranayama, help to activate certain centers along the spine.

Perfect health consists of physical and mental well-being permeated by a sense of sacredness.

The most important application of asanas in meditation is “sthira sukham asana”

The best way to calm the breath and therefore calm the mind automatically is – not by controlling it, but by watching it

A yogi is a person who has full control over his mind and senses

Yoga is not for one who eats too much or eats too little, or sleeps too much or sleeps too little.

A yogi in any situation has inner peace.

The practice of yoga is the way of finding that happiness, which is our true identity

If we center our attention to our hearts and bow down to all living beings, and since every living being is a temple

If you have an Ishta Devata whom you consider as God who you can visualize becoming one with – this is called Guru Yoga.

Many people think that Yoga is distinct from Vedanta – as a philosophical system, it is.

You are not sheep that can be herded together and made to eat the same food.

Kindness and doing good should go hand-in-hand with one’s meditative practices.

The true Sādhakā does not limit oneself to meditating in the way the Guru advises

There is more to Sādhanā than merely sitting, closing one’s eyes, and pretending to meditate.