YOGA QUOTES II
quotations about yoga
The young should not think of themselves as immature and the elderly need not view themselves as feeble. Our minds control our bodies. Have no age, transcend both past and future, and enter into naka-ima -- the "eternal present."
H. E. DAVEY
Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
Whatever you do in life, yoga shows you how to do it better.
CHUCK MILLER
attributed, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom
The role of the limbs in yoga is both physical and spiritual. The first four limbs are internal yoga. The fifth is a transition between the external and internal limbs. The remaining limbs are displayed through "divine grace." Yoga students are able to practice the external limbs of yoga, whereas the internal limbs are birthed through sincere and continued practice. Nevertheless, the limbs are interconnected and facilitate one another.
NADIA ZAIDI
"Ashtanga Yoga: What is it?", The Plaid Zebra, March 14, 2017
Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or agnostic, to embrace and enjoy a practice.
CHRISTY TURLINGTON
Living Yoga
If one is looking for progress, or results, then one is already off the path according to yoga.
KATE POTTER
interview, LoveToKnow
Can you remember what it was like to walk in the midst of a world of miracles? Can you remember ever traveling within a world of pure delight with a joy untainted by craving or aversion? What happened to that world? All yoga, including the Buddha's yoga, is often called "the path of return" -- a return to our true home, which we eventually come to see was never really lost.
FRANK JUDE BOCCIO
Mindfulness Yoga
Yoga carves you into a different person--and that is satisfying physically.
ADAM LEVINE
attributed, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom
When we are aligned, everything can flow, and life and yoga becomes effortless.
REBECCA HALLS
"Interview with Yoga Teacher Rebecca Halls - Prague Spirit Festival", Raw 4 Happiness
Although yoga has its origins in ancient India, its methods and purposes are universal, relying not on cultural background, faith or deity, but simply on the individual. Yoga has become important in the lives of many contemporary Westerners, sometimes as a way of improving health and fitness of the body, but also as a means of personal and spiritual development.
TARA FRASER
Yoga For You
I think that's why I got to therapy and yoga at an early age. I realized that I'm accountable. I'm not here for very long on this planet and I want to do this life well, as consciously and mindfully as I can.
SEANE CORN
"Seane Corn: Try Loving Now", Yoga Teacher Magazine
You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.
OSHO
Yoga: A 50-Card Practice Deck
After--or even during--yoga, I'd sometimes end up in tears. And it wasn't because I was in physical pain; it was because I was having emotional breakthroughs.
FRANCESCA MAXIME
"How 4 Months of Yoga Boosted My Confidence and Helped Me Lose 35 Pounds", Elite Daily, March 15, 2017
Yoga is ideal for calming the mind and harmonizing with nature. Plus, since this meditation consists of listening to what's taking place in the instant, it brings the mind into the present, where the body resides, producing unification of mind and body.
H. E. DAVEY
Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
So, is the well-toned figure sweating it out on the yoga mat doing yoga? Yes, by using the body the yogi trains the attention to handle the perennial questions. But the person walking their dog beside the river and contemplating the truth behind self, life and death, is also doing yoga. The beauty of yoga is that it meets us wherever we are and then invites us to continue the exploration.
SWAMI AMBIKANANDA SARASWATI
"What is yoga? You asked Google - here's the answer", The Guardian, February 22, 2017
The word yoga comes from Sanskrit, the language of ancient India. It means union, integration, or wholeness. It is an approach to health that promotes the harmonious collaboration of the human being's three components: body, mind, and spirit.
STELLA WELLER
Yoga
Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul.
AMIT RAY
Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Lifestyle
The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal. Whatever powers are manifested throughout the world, those powers exist in germ, in latency, in you.... If you realize the unity of the Self amid the diversities of the Not-Self, then Yoga Will not seem an impossible thing to you.
ANNIE WOOD BESANT
Introduction to Yoga
If you can breathe, you can do yoga.
LINDA SPARROWE
interview, Yoga Teacher Magazine
When I was a child, my father would sometimes practice yoga several times a day, and we kids would be in the living room watching Happy Days! So I don't think we have to be so rigid.
MANDY INGBER
"Kicking Asana and Taking Names: A Q&A with Yoga Expert Mandy Ingber", Gaiam
Maybe more than anything else, yoga teaches you to be still and calm under challenging circumstances.
CHAD DENNIS
"How Adam Levine Finds Strength, Focus, and Balance", Men's Health