My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen.… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share Image
“Novel-writing is not so much a profession as a yoga, or "way," an alternative to ordinary life-in-the-world. Its benefits are quasi-religious—a changed… — Marcy Sheiner Copy Share Image
Like music, yoga is a journey -- one that is long enough so you keep developing, and keep learning. I don't see… — Sting Copy Share Image
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness;… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal. Whatever powers are manifested throughout the world, those powers exist in… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Actors of today are made to do ridiculous steps. May be you can call them yoga asanas. — Randhir Kapoor Copy Share Image
My attitude about teaching has always been the same. From early on, I wanted to make yoga accessible so that anyone, regardless… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
“Each time we come to savasana, we practice dying—we surrender the body to the earth and prepare for our destiny in this… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“The goal of human life," says Ramakrishna, "is to meet God face to face." But the magic is this: if we look… — Stephen Cope Copy Share Image
I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Being empowered includes developing the powerful qualities that lead human beings to cultivate wellness and healing. And those are the same qualities… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The art of spirituality is learning to be happy in any condition and in any circumstance. This is the art of love. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell. — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
If I don't do high-intensity interval training classes for an hour every morning and yoga a few days a week, I get… — Davinia Taylor Copy Share Image