January 10

Health Is Your Birthright

Don’t think that Hatha Yoga is just for athletes or for young people. It is written in the ancient Yoga scriptures: “Anyone who practices Yoga properly and sincerely becomes a siddha—an accomplished one— young or old, weak or strong, or even very elderly or sickly. From prince to peasant, child to grandparent, ailing to robust—all can practice these Yoga postures and get maximum benefit.”

Health is your birthright, not disease; strength your heritage, not weakness; courage, not fear; bliss, not sorrow; peace, not restlessness; knowledge, not ignorance. The person with health and strength of body, soundness of mind, with morality and spirit is a real gem among all humanity. Such a one possesses the true treasure.