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 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.

I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it.

I'm a name and a question.

I think that something needs to be weird in order to have real beauty.

Fear is at the heart of most of our worst choices.

To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.

Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.

I certainly don't read coverage of me, I read what else is going on that I need to know about to do my job.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat.