Dirt Quote by Paramahansa Yogananda

When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves of feeling…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“People slip spontaneously into moments of concentration all the time—while reading a book, exercising, playing chess, or creating art. A yogi seeks to experience…

— Darren Main

“In most forms of exercise one’s breath follows the movement—the faster and harder you work, the faster and harder you will breathe. In yoga,…

— Darren Main

“To a yogi, the breath is the anchor that keeps the mind in the eternal now. Just as an anchored boat still shifts with…

— Darren Main

“It has been said that the body is the temple of the spirit and the mind is the altar within that temple. When we…

— Darren Main

The Yogi must always practice.

— Swami Vivekananda

If you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all…

— Swami Vivekananda

In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice,…

— Robert S Ellwood

A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

A yogi is one who leaves a place a little nicer than when they arrived.

— David F. Swensen