--- title: "Best Sharon Gannon Words" description: "Sharon Gannon is an American yoga teacher, animal‑rights advocate, musician, author, dancer and choreographer. Browse 166 Sharon Gannon quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b033/author-sharon-gannon-2432.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b033/author-sharon-gannon-2432.jpg) # Sharon Gannon (1951) Musician United States **166** quotes in **970** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sharon Gannon is a musician from the United States, best known for *Yoga Assists*. ## Quick Facts About Sharon Gannon Born July 4, 1951 Nationality United States Profession Musician Notable works Yoga Assists ## About Sharon Gannon She co‑founded the Jivamukti Yoga method with David Life, a style that blends yoga with music, dance, and activism. ## Quotes by Sharon Gannon · Page 5 > [“Each asana is like a sound or letter in an alphabet. Every letter in an alphabet produces a unique sound vibration. Each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/each-asana-is-like-a-sound-or-letter-in-an-alphabet-every-letter-in/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Asana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/sharon-gannon-2432_asana_each-asana-is-like-a-sound-or-letter-in_2432524.png) > [The best we can do is strive to minimize the amount of harm we cause by living. We need to eat in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/the-best-we-can-do-is-strive-to-minimize-the-amount-of-harm-we-cause/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/sharon-gannon-2432_amount_the-best-we-can-do-is-strive-to-minimize_2780522.jpg) > [Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/don-t-try-to-do-this-by-yourself-to-become-a-good-yogi-you-need-a/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Be humble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-humble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/sharon-gannon-2432_be-humble_don-t-try-to-do-this-by-yourself-to-beco_238942.jpg) > [Most of the plants grown to be fed to farm animals are heavily saturated with pesticides and herbicides and have been genetically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/most-of-the-plants-grown-to-be-fed-to-farm-animals-are-heavily/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/sharon-gannon-2432_animal_most-of-the-plants-grown-to-be-fed-to-fa_822146.png) > [I passionately feel that as long as we view ourselves as superior and other animals as exploitable our consciousness will remain stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/i-passionately-feel-that-as-long-as-we-view-ourselves-as-superior-and/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/sharon-gannon-2432_animal_i-passionately-feel-that-as-long-as-we-v_1988511.png) > [See the other person's potential for kindness and bolster your own expression of kindness. If you see them in a negative way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/see-the-other-person-s-potential-for-kindness-and-bolster-your-own/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Assuming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assuming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/sharon-gannon-2432_assuming_see-the-other-person-s-potential-for-kin_1083891.png) ## Sharon Gannon by topic [Animal (48)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/sharon-gannon/) [Food (37)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/sharon-gannon/) [Ifs (26)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/sharon-gannon/) [Want (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/sharon-gannon/) [Humans (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans/sharon-gannon/) [Yoga (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yoga/sharon-gannon/) [Eating (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating/sharon-gannon/) [Meat (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meat/sharon-gannon/) [Life (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sharon-gannon/) [Animals (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/sharon-gannon/) [Planets (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/planets/sharon-gannon/) [Practice (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practice/sharon-gannon/) [Plant (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plant/sharon-gannon/) [May (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/sharon-gannon/) [Fishes (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fishes/sharon-gannon/) [Feels (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/sharon-gannon/) [Facts (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/sharon-gannon/) [Has beens (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/has-beens/sharon-gannon/) [Happiness (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/sharon-gannon/) [World (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sharon-gannon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/#itemlist", "name": "Sharon Gannon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Each asana is like a sound or letter in an alphabet. 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