Yoga Reminder: Lightened Reflections

Discipline and wisdom in practice determine the quality of the disciple and his progress in yoga,

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

The point underlying the anjali mudra in all contexts is developing the sense of humility and reducing the ego.

While persistence is a virtue, blind adherence is risky.

Without progressive steps in deepening mental focus, there is no vinyasa at the mental level in asana practice. Since yoga is itself about bringing the mind to stillness, vinyasa necessarily implies orderly steps toward a steady mind.

it is conventional to separate the message of the Bhagavad Gita into three yoga paths: action, devotion, and wisdom. But all these three paths are there in the Yogasutra. It is just the emphasis on certain practices, depending on the stage of the practitioner, that is different.

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.

Being unclear of what we wish to achieve is a recipe for incoherent action, a meandering journey, and an uncertain result.

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.