When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion.

Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul.

The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.

Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with respect and attention. His words will be remembered, for they will be good and true. When one who is established in truth prays with a pure heart, then things he really needs come to him when they are really needed: he does not have to run after them. The man firmly established in truth gets the fruit of his actions without apparently doing anything. God, the source of all truth, supplies his needs and looks after his welfare.

When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.

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.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.

Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.

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

Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.

The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice, the wisdom that comes of understanding the self and the world, and worship because ultimately surrendering to what we cannot control allows the ego to relax and lose the anxiety of its own infinitesimally small self in the infinitude of the divine.

Breath is the king of mind.

My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.

The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?