"The first step to Self-realization is placing yourself in others. It is from there that your compassion expands." -Sri #DharmaMittra

Close the eyes. Your ears are going to get busy with the noise coming off the street. Your body and mind after a few are going to become restless. That's the body, the mind and the senses. Remain unconcerned. When you master it, you will be established in this eternal present.

I am you. You are me. I am that. That I am. Photo: Jeremy @substratumfilms

Three poses in one Hari OM! We do it because it has to be done with no expectation of the fruits! #DharmaMittra

Your compassion must expand beyond your pets, beyond your son. The animals are your brothers and sisters. --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

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"We practice yoga so that we are able to help others." --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

On running a successful yoga studio: "If the atmosphere is friendly, the rules not too strictly enforced, and the prices are kept low, the place will be packed and everyone will be happy to be there. Treat everyone like they are family, and then you have no problems." --SDM

True spiritual knowledge can only be imparted psychically. That refers to knowledge of the True Self. That which is far beyond words. --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

Yama is like the ethical rules of every religion. It purifies the mind and heart. --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

When you spend time in a pose, it begins to whisper it's secrets. --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

Compassion = empathy seeing ourselves in others with unconditional love ❤️🙏❤️ Love always OM

Remember always that the Real Teacher is right there in you. The Real Teacher is within your own heart. -Sri #DharmaMittra

Moonlight reflected on the rippling surface of a lake- the distortion caused by the rippling doesn't in any way affect the moon above. The goal of yoga is to put an end to the distortion, the rippling. To not see the reflection, but the moon itself. -Sri #DharmaMittra

Before you practice, always offer thanks to whomever you believe in and invite all beings everywhere to enjoy the practice through your body, mind and senses. -Sri #DharmaMittra

Without compassion, you don't find things to be important. The ethical rules, especially ahimsa, help with this. Observing them leads to reverence. You have to find it important and try to find the meaning in scripture. -Yogini Sri #DharmaMittra

All of you are moving closer to your enlightenment all the time, but as you get closer, there is still something there holding you back Let's say you are attached to your practice, there is still a little bit of selfishness there. You have to let even that go to achieve your goal

"May the Lord Shiva protect and guide us; May He bestow upon us the fruit of knowledge. May we develop a strong desire for liberation; May we cherish no ill feelings towards each other. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shantih." -Paraphrase of one of the Peace Prayers from the Upanishads

Bury your mind deep in your heart and watch the body move by itself. --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra

Ishvara is a name for that which projected all of creation — all these things. How to surrender to that? --Yogi Sri #DharmaMittra