There are three types of disease: body disease, mind disease, and nervous system disease. When the mind is diseased, the whole body is diseased. The yoga scriptures say “Manayeva manu ā ā kara a bandha mok ayo (this verse may… — 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 Image
Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share Image
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 Image
It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building. — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share Image
