"When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world."
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"A person experiences life as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness."
"As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga."
"See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness."
"When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga."
"When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health."
"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."
"Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth."
"It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence."
"Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer."
"Humble people dont get Offended easily."
"Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one's ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness."
"You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are ...transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment."
"It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way."
"We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps."
"It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment."
"Picked up the yoga, put down the soda. My healthy mind...that's what's gon' help me over. Life of a stoner (if you still concerned), I never lose, I only win or learn; It's all about your state of mind."
"The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don't require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn't revolve around me or my agenda."
"I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart."
"Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination."