Yoga Reminder: Lightened Reflections

That synergy of the inner and outer experience leading us toward well-being, not the form of the posture, is the hallmark of the ideal asana.

The real art of creating a right practice is not only to include the right postures in the right place, but to leave the wrong ones out.

To define pranayama as “breath control” is like defining meditation as “mind control.” Meditation cannot be forced by repressing the thoughts in the mind. Neither can pranayama be forced by trying to control the breath.

breathing is a voluntary doorway to the involuntary body, a conscious doorway to the subconscious mind.

Devotion also requires our effort; we must nurture it, embody it, envision it, and embrace it. No

The mind is an experience—the experience of thoughts and emotions.

From steadiness arises the possibility of holding to positivity. A scattered mind cannot stay focused on a positive goal.

Balance and clarity are a state of mind; they do not arise from the objects we come in contact with. They arise because of our minds’ response to such contact.

While persistence is a virtue, blind adherence is risky.