Mastering oneself
"Today's commonly accepted images of fat-bellied spiritual teachers, of people going to church then smoking or eating junk food immediately afterward, would make no sense to a Hatha Yogi of old. They would probably study our society for a few days and ask how can one endeavor to control one's spiritual life before even being able to control a bag of Doritos or a pack of cigarettes? B.K.S. lyengar, the most well-known Hatha Yoga Master of modern times, is attributed with saying, "One cannot hope to master the spiritual realms with the body of a weakling!"Page 79 - Total Body Transformation by Steve Ilg
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