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 Copy Share Image
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
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 Copy Share
There are three types of disease: body disease, mind disease, and nervous system disease. When the mind is diseased, the whole body is diseased.… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
Yoga, as a way of life and a philosophy, can be practiced by anyone with inclination to undertake it, for yoga belongs to humanity… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter -… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy.… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
