It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

Radiate your lights of love to enlighten the whole world, like the sun.

I don't think anyone's past is ever truly gone. You carry every experience, good and bad, within you.

I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.

All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.

All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

What I have found is that even when you try to transform existing structures they are so powerful they often overwhelm, seduce, and control you.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.