Let my heart turn to practice. Let practice become a path. Let this path dissolve confusion. Let confusion become wisdom. – Ken McLeod

Yoga is the teacher of yoga; yoga is to be understood through yoga. So live in yoga to realize yoga; comprehend yoga through yoga; he who is free from distractions enjoys yoga through yoga. – Sri Vyasa’s commentary on the Yoga Sutras in the Vishnu Purana

The body is not to the Hatha Yogi a mere mass of living matter, but a mystical bridge between the spiritual and the physical being. – Synthesis of Yoga, Ch. XXVII

Do you know how much energy, how many powers, how many forces, are still lurking behind that frame of yours? Which scientists have known all that is in man? Millions of years have been passed since man first came here and yet but one infinitesimal part of his power has been manifested. Therefore, you must [...]

Neti Kriya

One teaspoon of salt for two neti pots (1% salt solution) Keep the mouth open to allow the natural breathing to take place as you pass water from one nostril to the other. For general health, once a week is enough. For nasal allergy, it can be done every day or even twice as per [...]

Viparyayo Mithyajnanam Atadrupa Pratistham. Misconception occurs when knowledge of something is not based upon its true form. – Book One Samadhi Pada Yoga Sutras: Verse 8

To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweat lodge … The more you sweat, the more you [...]

The Perfection of Yoga by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

We are always thinking that by changing our situation we will overcome our mental agitation, and we are always thinking that when we reach a certain point, all mental agitations will disappear. But it is the nature of the material world that we cannot be freed from anxiety. What is called renunciation is the same [...]

Rudra Yoga

Turn your troubles into treasures, Turn your obstacles into opportunities, Turn your problems into possibilities, Turn your challenges into chuckles, Turn your difficulties into delights, Turn weirdness into wonder! How do you do this? The energy is in the obstacle. The obstacle is in yourself. Turn the obstacle into energy. The flow will be the [...]

Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual by David Swenson

Every tree in a forest has the same goal: to reach toward the light. One tree’s method is not better than another’s. Each species has individual characteristics which enable it to grow to its greatest potential. The various yogic systems are unique, yet have the same purpose: to grow toward enlightenment. 99% Practice and 1% [...]