Quotes from Gary Kraftsow

I like waking up in the morning when I don't have to get up and think about the next thing, and I can just be present with the feeling of being alive, I guess.

Waking up in the morning isn't a choice, you know.

I know what the teaching is, but to realize the teaching in a life experience, the sh*t really is an opportunity to find out who we truly are. To really learn and to awaken to our potential.

I have a son, and I was married for twenty years, and I got divorced, and there's a new woman in my life, and my son is 18, and I'm interested to see how he's growing.

My life hasn't been static - I spent a lot of time in Europe, a lot of time in India. So I traveled around a lot, and I kept moving.

For me, life has been interesting and entertaining, and I'm interested and curious about what's going to happen each day.

Even before I knew Yoga in this life, I was into that kind of thing.

I'm very happy when I have time to just be.

I have projects in life that I'm engaged in, I have things that stimulate me in my life, that make me happy. But more interesting for me is: I'm still trying to figure it out.

I would like for people to realize that yoga is not about touching your toes.

Why I wake up in the morning is that I'm still alive, and I want to figure out whatever I can before it's over.

There's the kind of people like me, who spent years in India, have learned Sanskrit, have done this work deeply - they probably say for lifetimes - now interfacing [with the mainstream].