YOGA QUOTES III
quotations about yoga
Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don't transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.
DONNA FARHI
Bringing Yoga to Life
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
Our duty is wakefulness, the fundamental condition of life itself. The unseen, the unheard, the untouchable is what weaves the fabric of our see-able universe together.
ROBIN CRAIG CLARK
The Garden
A mind free from all disturbance is Yoga.
PATANJALI
attributed, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom
Yoga begins right where I am -- not where I was yesterday or where I long to be.
LINDA SPARROWE
interview, Yoga Teacher Magazine
If yoga didn't exist, I'd invent it.
JENNIFER ANISTON
"Jennifer Aniston Shares Her Health and Beauty Secrets", Self Magazine, Mar. 18, 2014
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
Yoga and alcohol may seem to be on polar opposites of the health spectrum, but a new health craze encourages practitioners to have their beer and drink it, too. The classes are often hosted in breweries and are introducing new audiences to yoga. By pairing booze and bending, beer yoga appeals to those who might not be interested in the more typical structure of a yoga class. As Beth Cosi, founder of Bendy Brewski, told Yahoo News, "We get the men in the door mostly because it's in a brewery and they get a beer afterward. That's the carrot."
ANONYMOUS
"Chair pose and cheers: Beer yoga is coming to a city near you", RT, January 21, 2016
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
If you work on yoga, yoga will work on you.
BABA HARI DASS
attributed, Sun, Moon & Earth: The Sacred Relationship of Yoga & Ayurveda
Not all practitioners can jump to that highest level. They have to climb, step by step from the physical sphere to reach the spiritual sphere. If it is treated as exercise it is not the fault of yoga but of the practitioners.
B. K. S. IYENGAR
"Yoga: A Path to Wholeness", BeliefNet
Striving for the "result" of being spiritual or having a perfect physical shape is a destination, and yoga is what happens along that path.
MANDY INGBER
"Kicking Asana and Taking Names: A Q&A with Yoga Expert Mandy Ingber", Gaiam
If one is looking for progress, or results, then one is already off the path according to yoga.
KATE POTTER
interview, LoveToKnow
Candlelit or dark yoga is gaining in popularity in London (and where the capital goes the rest of the UK will follow) as part of a wider trend for exercising in unusual environments. 'Boutique' brands such as Barry's Bootcamp, 1Rebel and Ride Republic all run circuit and spinning classes in studios lit by little more than neon bulbs and accompanied by pounding soundtracks or even live music -- and they're wildly popular, regularly selling out within minutes. Workouts in traditional gym spaces have never looked more boring.
TONI JONES
"Dark yoga: a backlash to the egotistical poseurs of Instagram?", The Telegraph, January 30, 2016
Yoga has a sly, clever way of short circuiting the mental patterns that cause anxiety.
BAXTER BELL
attributed, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom
People often come to yoga for the physical benefits alone, and that's great. Any reason to come to yoga is a valid one. But you can't help but heal other places along the way.
HEATHER RITENOUR-SAMPSON
"The Chat: Yoga: It's 90% mental, and the other half physical", Post Bulletin, February 4, 2016
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
Yoga means union, in all its significance and dimensions.
INDRA DEVI
attributed, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom
The other thing about yoga is, it's all about truth.
FRANCESCA MAXIME
"How 4 Months of Yoga Boosted My Confidence and Helped Me Lose 35 Pounds", Elite Daily, March 15, 2017
You're likely aware of all of the benefits of yoga. These days practicing your poses has been reported to help you with everything short of cleaning your house. Now, new research from Boston University suggests that twice weekly yoga can help treat depression. However, it's not just the poses that can lift you out of the bell jar. The study reports that it's actually the breathing aspect of yoga that delivers the most healing benefits.
BRANDI NEAL
"Yoga Can Help Treat Depression, Study Finds, So Get Ready To Get Your Namaste On", Bustle, March 11, 2017