“The inner obstacles that disperse the mind are sickness, mental inertia, doubt, haste, apathy, intemperance, errors in judgement of oneself, lack of perseverance, and the inability to stay at a level once reached” – Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.30
“Personal transformation has always been Yoga’s prime directive”- Gary Kraftsow
“all of life is a continual process of refinement which allows us to see more clearly” – Donna Farhi Continue reading
“Tapas: something we do in order to keep us physically and mentally healthy; a process of inner cleansing: we remove things we do not need” -T.K.V. Desikachar
“Purity protects one’s body and brings nonphysical relationships with others” –Yoga Sutra 11.40 Continue reading
I just came across this text in a pile of papers, maybe someone emailed it to me…I am not the author but cannot find who wrote it so if you read it and know, give me a head’s up; sharing it because it is a good reminder of our own power to inspire and be inspired, visualise, manifest, create. 
“Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm…The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice” – Paramahansa Yogananda Continue reading
“Yoga has its o
rigins in the search for the spiritual and in primordial questions about the meaning of life. The awareness that yoga is a spiritual practise whose roots are ancient gives our journey continuity, richness, and depth” -Esther Myers
“The problem with institutionalized yoga or textbook instruction is that the reality of a person’s life situation is not taken into account…The key to right teaching is in the adaptation of yoga to the individual, not the idividual to yoga” – T.K.V. Desikachar
“Yoga is not a standardised practise” – T.K.V. Desikachar
Lately much is in the news about yoga and safety. Continue reading
who perseveres on the path of noncovetousness gains deep understanding of the meaning of life”
“to be in alignment with what is means to be in a relationship of inner nonresistance with what happens”
“there is only ever this moment”
-Eckhart Tolle
Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections From a New Earth Continue reading
