“Spiritual practice lives at the corner of self-respect and self-discipline.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“When infused with compassion, even the most useless snake oils have the power to heal broken hearts and shattered souls.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Standing at the end of a diving board looking at the water never made the water warmer, but it will make taking… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“True power—not to be confused with worldly power—is found at that beautiful and sacred spot where will and surrender merge into an… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The problem is not the unhappiness and disappointment you feel at harvest time; the problem is the seeds you planted last spring.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The narrow edge between comfort and discomfort is to a yogi what a grain of sand is to an oyster.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The only place healing can occur, wisdom can be realized, compassion can be extended, and peace can be experienced, is the present… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Injuries happen on the yoga mat all the time, but they never happen when we are truly practicing yoga. For instance, most… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Guilt is like tarnish on a piece of silver. It effectively obscures beauty and radiance, but can never lessen its true value.… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Every action, whether noble or immoral, is preceded by thought. That thought may be conscious or unconscious, ignorant or mindful. The only… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Forcing Your body into a yoga pose is like brushing your teeth with a wire brush. You may get rid of the… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is not something we do; rather it is a process of reminding yourself over and over again that holding a resentment… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Duality—dark and light, good and evil, high and low—defines more than just the external world. It is the essence of the body,… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“A Kula or spiritual community is like a nudist camp for the soul. Not only are we given the permission to remove… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“We live in a world that asks us to do rather than be; to achieve rather than shine; to form relationships that… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“My mind has evolved from that of a child to that of an adult and passed through countless changes along the way.… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“A gardener cannot make a seed grow. She can simply create the conditions for growth to occur and then patiently wait. A… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Pain is powerful medicine. While it may be unpleasant to take this medicine, it is what shapes and inspires us. As you… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“People slip spontaneously into moments of concentration all the time—while reading a book, exercising, playing chess, or creating art. A yogi seeks… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“While religions and mystical traditions attempt to address the same spiritual questions with which all human beings wrestle, a religious person demands… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“So many people confuse attachment with love. Attachment to someone implies control; loving someone assumes unconditional acceptance. Attachment leads to grief and… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“On a physical level, water is often called the universal solvent because of its ability to dissolve almost anything at the molecular… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Yoga can give you greater health and longevity, but these benefits can also become distractions from the greater truth that yoga seeks… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The world would have us fill every space and occupy every corner of the mind. Yoga asks us to become empty; to… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“What is it to succeed in yoga? Success in yoga means finding the smile buried deep beneath the pain and discomfort of… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Just as a hug is the only way to express yourself when words are inadequate,mudras, or gestures, convey profound spiritual experiences that… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The truth about yourself is so near, so close, that it is very difficult to perceive. Just as it is difficult to… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The great spiritual tension between the contemplative life of the monk and spiritual activism in the world dissolves entirely with one word—namaste:… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Yoga practice is the most natural thing in the world. The body was designed to move in dynamic ways, and the lungs… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Silence—true silence is universal. It is the profound stillness at the center of everything, at the center of every relationship—at the center… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“What I can tell you is that yoga is about removing the muck by shining the light of awareness on it. That… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Meditation alone cannot heal the world, but it can and does speed up the healing process.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Sculpting the future and healing the past can only happen through mindful action in the present moment.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Yoga gives you the freedom to choose, but it does not guarantee you will choose freedom.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Procrastination is the enemy of accomplishment—not simply because the task you are avoiding fails to get done, but because all of your… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“What I can tell you is that yoga is about removing the muck by shining the light of awareness on it. That is why… — Darren Main Copy Share
“Each time we come to savasana, we practice dying—we surrender the body to the earth and prepare for our destiny in this life. Facing… — Darren Main Copy Share
“All great myths and stories follow a similar pattern. The hero gets distracted and questions his power. He struggles and flounders until he is… — Darren Main Copy Share
“Attachment is the act of trying to control, manipulate, or sculpt the outside world in such a way that we lose sight of our… — Darren Main Copy Share
“Most people spend years trying to feng shui their lives—to decorate and reorganize life in such a way that order and peace will finally… — Darren Main Copy Share
“Yoga gives you the freedom to choose, but it does not guarantee you will choose freedom.” — Darren Main Copy Share
“Guilt is like tarnish on a piece of silver. It effectively obscures beauty and radiance, but can never lessen its true value. Just as… — Darren Main Copy Share
“The miracle of yoga is not that we get to reshape the external world—to bend the laws of time and space. The miracle of… — Darren Main Copy Share
“Standing at the end of a diving board looking at the water never made the water warmer, but it will make taking the plunge… — Darren Main Copy Share
“What is it to succeed in yoga? Success in yoga means finding the smile buried deep beneath the pain and discomfort of any moment.… — Darren Main Copy Share
“It is easy to make the mistake of thinking yoga is about touching your toes when in fact yoga is about learning to touch… — Darren Main Copy Share
“To a yogi, the breath is the anchor that keeps the mind in the eternal now. Just as an anchored boat still shifts with… — Darren Main Copy Share
“A mud pie is, at the end of the day, attractively packaged mud. A life spent in pursuit of comfort and leisure—of being a… — Darren Main Copy Share
“There is a need somewhere in this world that only your dharma, fully expressed, can fulfill. The reason there is such overwhelming need in… — Darren Main Copy Share
“In most forms of exercise one’s breath follows the movement—the faster and harder you work, the faster and harder you will breathe. In yoga,… — Darren Main Copy Share
