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
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
