Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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.
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.
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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.
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body.
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind. The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.