famous female ashtanga teachers
‘One who has control over the mind:
is tranquil in heat and cold,
in pleasure and pain, in honour and dishonour
and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self’
– Bhagavad Gita (VI,7)
YOGAS CITTA VRTTI NIRODHAH
‘Yoga happens when fluctuations of the mind cease’
– Yoga Sutras (1:2)
DHYANA HEYAS TAD VRTTAYAH
‘Those fluctuations are overcome by meditation’
– Yoga Sutras (2:2)
‘Do you not know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit resides
and is a gift from God? You are not your own’
– Corinthians (6:19)
‘Whether young, old, sick or debilitated, one who discards laziness attains success in yoga, if they actively practise’
– Hatha Yoga Pradipika (1:66)
‘A person who has given up all need for sensory gratification,
who lives free from desires, has surrendered all sense of ownership
and is devoid of false ego, can then attain real peace’
– Bhagavad Gita (II:71)