Procrastination is the enemy of accomplishment—not simply because thetask you are avoiding fails to get done, but because all of your other goals and objectives get mired in the same sandpit as well.

The ego mind is like a plant growing in a very small pot. While the pot may beattractive and ornate, its size doesn’t allow the plant to express its full potential.

Yoga and meditation not only give us the ability to enjoy the beautiful moments in life, but also the ability to fully embrace the difficult and ugly moments. So often we define success in our practice by the way we feel in a given moment, but practice is never about select peak moments. Practice is about celebrating the fullness of life—the difficult and the easy, the beautifuland the ugly, the savory and the sweet

The problem is not the unhappiness and disappointment you feel at harvest time; the problem is the seeds you planted last spring.

Spiritual practice lives at the corner of self-respect and self-discipline.

This life is a dream—sometimes a dream of beauty— sometimes a terrifying nightmare. We will all wake from this dream eventually. Spiritual practice allows us first to transform the dream from one of terror to one of joy, and then from a dream of joy, to awakening to our true nature as Atman.

Yoga gives you the freedom to choose, but it does not guarantee you will choose freedom.

The only place healing can occur, wisdom can be realized, compassion can be extended, and peace can be experienced, is the present moment.

Given the choice, most children would have ice cream for dinner. Similarly, yogis prefer the highs of yoga, the so-called “good practice.” But just as healthy children require vegetables and whole grains, advanced yogis need to be challenged during practice. The peak experiences we have during practice may keep us coming back to the mat, but it is the difficult and unpleasant aspects of practice that make us strong and prepare us for the challenges of life.