If you have physical ailments, you will get everyone's compassion, but when you have a mental ailment, you will get laughter, unfortunately. This is because it is very difficult to make out when somebody is sick and when somebody is being stupid.
Vijji was not an accomplished yogi. She did what she did with just the sheer intensity of her emotions.
Yoga is not a practice - the word 'yoga' means union. It does not mean standing on your head, twisting your body, or holding your breath. Yoga means to know the union of life. When you experience everything as a part of yourself, you are in yoga.
When we step into a new terrain, we experience vast uncertainty. Uncertainty is just a situation that you do not know how to handle.
My vision for the country is to urbanise rural areas. What is available in the cities must be available in the villages.
A guru is like a live road map. If you want to walk uncharted terrain, I think it is sensible to walk with a road map.