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Yoga teaches us to cure what
need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. — B.K.S.
Iyengar
The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and
antidepressants aren't enough. — Amy Weintraub
Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is
flexible. — Bob Harper
You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are
yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your
natural state. — Sharon Gannon
Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is
universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking
for worldly gain. — Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
By embracing your mother wound as your yoga, you transform what has
been a hindrance in your life into a teacher of the heart. — Phillip
Moffitt
Yoga is 99% practice and 1% knowledge. — Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
Sun salutations can energize and warm you, even on the darkest,
coldest winter day. — Carol Krucoff
For me, yoga is not just a workout - it's about working on yourself.
— Mary Glover, "Health Profile: Yoga leaves aches and pains behind,"
Arizona Republic, 6 April 2004 (page E3, article by Connie Midey)
A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets
people to pose for themselves. — T. Guillemets
The beauty is that people often come here for the stretch, and leave
with a lot more. — Liza Ciano, co-owner and co-director of Yoga
Vermont, yogavermont.com
The last time I opened my chakra so I could feel my peace, I got
thrown right out of the pub. — The Quote Garden
Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on
the telephone, is a spiritual fake. — Carl Jung
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. —
Author Unknown
Vogue and Self are putting out the message of yoginis as buff and
perfect. If you start doing yoga for those reasons, fine. Most
people get beyond that and see that it's much, much more. — Patricia
Walden
When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied:
"I wish no gifts, only presence." — Author Unknown
Yoga is bodily gospel. — Reaven Fields
If I'm losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches
down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga. — T.
Guillemets
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of
humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from
bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union - the union of
body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga
cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day
life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions. — B.K.S.
Iyengar, Astadala Yogamala
Don't just do something - sit there! — Author Unknown
I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My
chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter and I'm
looking out of my third eye and everything that I'm supposed to be
doing. It's amazing what comes up, when you sit in that silence.
"Mama keeps whites bright like the sunlight, Mama's got the magic of
Clorox 2." — Ellen DeGeneres
Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is
lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success. — Svatmarama,
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind. — Patanjali, translated
from Sanskrit
Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are. —
Jason Crandell, quoted in Yoga Journal, November 2005
Yoga is invigoration in relaxation. Freedom in routine. Confidence
through self control. Energy within and energy without. — Ymber
Delecto
Corpse pose restores life. Dead parts of your being fall away, the
ghosts are released. — The Quote Garden
Yoga has a sly, clever way of short-circuiting the mental patterns
that cause anxiety. — Baxter Bell, quoted in "Worry Thwarts," Yoga
Journal, March 2006
Concentrating on poses clears the mind, while focusing on the breath
helps the body shift out of fight-or-flight mode. — Melanie Haiken,
about yoga and anxiety, "Worry Thwarts," Yoga Journal, March 2006
Yoga accepts. Yoga gives. — April Vallei
Warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus. You see that
there is no war within you. You're on your own side, and you are
your own strength. — The Quote Garden
Mountain pose teaches us, literally, how to stand on our own two
feet.... teaching us to root ourselves into the earth.... Our bodies
become a connection between heaven and earth. — Carol Krucoff
I tried yoga once but took off for the mall halfway through class,
as I had a sudden craving for a soft pretzel and world peace. — The
Quote Garden
All unimportant matters drop off you in ragdoll pose. Very few
things are genuinely important. The Truth sways before you. — The
Quote Garden
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you
exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world. —
B.K.S. Iyengar
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Quotations about Yoga