True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

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

Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and sweating. No! That is a wrong meaning of the word! Intensity is to get totally involved, fully immersed and absorbed in what one is doing. Intense practice means a fast and keen mode in adjusting, correcting, and progressively proceeding.

You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.

The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.

Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.

Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.

A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.

You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.

The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.