Pattabhi Jois Quotes

#1. I admire [Alex] Salmond in many ways but my problem with him has always been this independence thing within the EU, which is rubbish.

Nigel Farage

#2. Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.

Zell Miller

#3. Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#4. It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#5. It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#6. Never judge a situation merely with a negative perspective. Look at the positive side too," he added. "And if you do that, you will eventually feel better.

Sara Naveed

#7. In faith, unity, in doubtful matters, liberty, in all things charity.

Augustine Of Hippo

#8. Do your practice and all is coming.

Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

#9. Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal ... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#10. If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter - if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#11. Yoga is an internal practice. the rest is just a circus.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#12. So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it's not your history but your presence on your mat that counts.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#13. When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

Nolan Ryan

#14. Yoga is your mind control capacity.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#15. Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#16. Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn't have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can't practice Ashtanga yoga.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#17. Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#18. The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#19. Even though she felt a wave of dread. If they knew she was nervous, she'd be at their mercy. But if they thought she was ice they'd be afraid to touch her.

Alice Hoffman