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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/)

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## 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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