Yoga Quotes · Page 33

“The only place healing can occur, wisdom can be realized, compassion can be extended, and peace can be experienced, is the present…

— Darren Main

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

— Padma Lakshmi

The true purpose of yoga is to discover that aspect of your being that can never be lost.

— Deepak Chopra

As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

When you've become strong enough and developed enough, the teacher will fall away.

— Frederick Lenz

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake.

— Carl Jung

“The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.”

— Darren Main

In the Far East, studying yoga is comparable to a mixture of attending one of the best Western universities, and of being…

— Frederick Lenz

Learning ballroom dancing is great for your brain. But it only works for three to six months. After that, you've got all…

— Nolan Bushnell

This is what our yoga practice is trying to accomplish. Not white light descending from heaven and engulfing you, not energy released…

— Bryan Kest

The commercialism of yoga, the commercialism of Ayurveda, the commercialism of guru-ism, is difficult. It's difficult because it confuses, it confuses the…

— Maya Tiwari

“[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice…

— Ravi Ravindra

People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should…

— Marianne Williamson

Regarding perfection, that’s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

If we look further, we see that we actually contain all of existence. Everyone who has ever been or will ever be,…

— Frederick Lenz

One thing we must understand, that if we have to change the world, we have to change human beings. People think by…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Love is beginningless and endless ecstasy. It is an unfathomable mystery. It is the study of our lives.

— Frederick Lenz

I occasionally go to a yoga class. Everyone looks so limber and coordinated compared to me. I feel like I scare my…

— Misha Collins

Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information.

— T. K. V. Desikachar

It hurts so good and I feel euphoric after . . . yoga people on a whole are super cool and everyone…

— Heather Graham

In this world people love to talk and be active. Everyone wants to express their opinion. Listen in meditation, not to your…

— Frederick Lenz

If you don't measure up to your expectations, realize that you should just be life without expectations.

— Frederick Lenz

Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.

— Nirmala Srivastava

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect…

— Geeta Iyengar

Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.

— Patanjali

I have amethyst geodes by my meditation - yoga room and large rose quartz throughout my back garden.

— Miranda Kerr

I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous.

— Judith Hanson Lasater

It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me.

— Michael Franti

For me, yoga is like a moving meditation, and I do believe in a mind-body connection.

— Joanna Going

By meditation we develop that strength within us, so automatically we start solving the problem.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Yoga is wonderful. It clears up most health problems. It also gives you an overview.

— Helen Reddy

When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga.

— Baba Hari Dass

If you really love, then you're willing to step outside of your own love to do that which is right.

— Frederick Lenz

I have had the great good fortune of working with a true genius of yoga, Karuna Erickson, in developing a new system…

— Andrew Harvey

“For example, an ENFP who recognizes that they are stuck in a loop may schedule one hour per day for yoga, meditation…

— Heidi Priebe

We do a lot of different workouts, like hot yoga, to stay flexible, loose, and healthy.

— Jermell Charlo

I am under no illusion that yoga is the solution to all issues! That's why I am a very open-minded yogi.

— Mandy Ingber

If you practice a little jnana yoga in your daily life, it will help you tremendously.

— Frederick Lenz

Your innocence itself is a power and your innocence will definitely give you that wisdom by which you can solve all the…

— Nirmala Srivastava

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

— Thandie Newton