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title: "2 Ashtanga Yoga Quotes By K. Pattabhi Jois"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/anyone-can-practice-young-man-can-practice-old-man-can-practice-very/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

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> [Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/lazy-people-can-t-practice-ashtanga-yoga/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/k-pattabhi-jois-34537_lazy_lazy-people-can-t-practice-ashtanga-yoga_748658.jpg)

## More by K. Pattabhi Jois

> [Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/anyone-can-practice-young-man-can-practice-old-man-can-practice-very/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/body-is-not-stiff-mind-is-stiff/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Yoga is your mind control capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/yoga-is-your-mind-control-capacity/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/yoga-is-for-internal-cleansing-not-external-exercising-yoga-means/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/so-whether-you-do-your-first-downward-dog-at-14-or-44-it-s-not-your/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/lazy-people-can-t-practice-ashtanga-yoga/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Yoga is an internal practice. the rest is just a circus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/yoga-is-an-internal-practice-the-rest-is-just-a-circus/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [There are three types of disease: body disease, mind disease, and nervous system disease. When the mind is diseased, the whole body is diseased.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/there-are-three-types-of-disease-body-disease-mind-disease-and/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/the-full-ashtanga-system-practiced-with-devotion-leads-to-freedom/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Yoga, as a way of life and a philosophy, can be practiced by anyone with inclination to undertake it, for yoga belongs to humanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/yoga-as-a-way-of-life-and-a-philosophy-can-be-practiced-by-anyone/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/yoga-is-99-practice-and-1-theory/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/it-would-be-a-shame-to-lose-the-precious-jewel-of-liberation-in-the/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/if-we-practice-the-science-of-yoga-which-is-useful-to-the-entire/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

> [It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/it-is-very-important-to-understand-yoga-philosophy-without-philosophy/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

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