Alertness Quote by Sivananda Download Open image “The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.” — Sivananda ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alertness Asana Disease Helping Practice Pranayama
Asana is a very important part of life. It keeps you healthy, strong, and energetic. And it enables you to discover and reclaim the… — Rajmani Tigunait Copy Share Image
Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga has expanded beyond asana for me. It's how I live my life and currently I'm throwing myself into a meditation practice. — Kathryn Budig Copy Share Image
Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need… — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Copy Share Image
“Though asanas are very beneficial for the body, their real value lies in training the mind and thus making oneself a fit and healthy… — Fr. John Ferreira Copy Share Image
Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself. — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
“There are eight components of Yoga. These are: yama, our attitudes toward our environment. niyama, our attitudes toward ourselves. āsana, the practice of body exercises. prāṇāyāma, the practice of breathing exercises. pratyāhāra, the restraint of our senses. dhārāna, the ability to direct our minds. dhyāna, the ability to develop interactions with what we seek to understand. samādhi, complete integration with… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share
“The human body is sustained by the same prana that nourishes the universe. The body (your equipment) has the ability to control and use… — John Holland Copy Share Image
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study.… — Dharma Mittra Copy Share Image
There are three types of disease: body disease, mind disease, and nervous system disease. When the mind is diseased, the whole body is diseased. The yoga scriptures say “Manayeva manu ā ā kara a bandha mok ayo (this verse may be transliterated incorrectly),” the mind is the cause of both bondage and liberation. If the mind is sick and sad,… — K. Pattabhi Jois Copy Share
Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss! — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Money can help you to get medicines but not health. Money can help you to get soft pillows, but not sound sleep. Money can… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is positive, cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred is replaced… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Modern civilization is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions… Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
The same is the case when you enter a womb, enter into a fresh body, and start the journey of desires. But if you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced… — D. Patrick Miller Copy Share Image
When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
To be aware of little, quiet things, you need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required. Be still. Look. Listen.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
What we must remember, however, is that preservation of liberties does not depend on motives. A suppression of liberty has the same effect whether… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Exercise is really for the brain, not the body. It affects mood, vitality, alertness, and feelings of well-being. — John Ratey Copy Share Image