Yoga Quotes - Page 16

• In fact, many people, including some who practice yoga, assume that yoga is nothing more than a form of exercise, or they believe that only the physical aspects of yoga have relevance to their lives. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

  Rod Stryker

  Believe, Exercise, Practice

  Rod Stryker (2011). “The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom”, p.9, Delacorte Press

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• When yoga is understood in its totality, it is neither a form of exercise, nor is it an esoteric philosophy or religion; it is a practical and comprehensive science for realizing life's ultimate aims.

  Rod Stryker

  Philosophy, Exercise, Esoteric

  "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• Yoga's most sublime objective is to awaken an exalted state of spiritual realization; however, the tradition also recognizes that this state does not exist in absolute isolation from the world and worldly matters.

  Rod Stryker

  Spiritual, Sublime, Matter

  "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• The yoga tradition addresses how to live and how to shape your life with a commanding sense of purpose, capacity and meaning.

  Rod Stryker

  Purpose, Shapes, Addresses

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• A little exposure to the philosophy of many Eastern spiritual traditions - including yoga - could easily lead you to conclude that if you aspire to achieve goals in the material world you cannot fulfill yourself spiritually, or vice versa. However, since all of us, at some level, long for fulfillment in all aspects of our life, it is essential to understand that these two aims are not mutually exclusive.

  Rod Stryker

  Spiritual, Philosophy, Two

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• The yoga tradition asserts that lasting happiness is dependent on prospering both materially and spiritually.

  Rod Stryker

  Lasting Happiness, Tradition, Dependent

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• Being able to recognize which of your desires are vital to pursue and which ones are not is often less than easy. This is precisely why the ancient sages counseled that we practice yoga. Their point was a very practical one: You are best able to discern which of your many desires should (and should not) be responded to when your mind is calm and tranquil.

  Rod Stryker

  Practice, Mind, Desire

  "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• Clear perception is the cornerstone and an absolute necessity for living your best life - and that's exactly what the focus of a yoga practice should be all about.

  Rod Stryker

  Practice, Focus, Perception

  "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• Yoga's ultimate intent is to achieve something far deeper and more meaningful than just a better body or less stress and tension. Its ultimate aim is to help you hear your soul's call so that you can be consistently guided to make the best decisions - the ones that serve your highest state of wellbeing. In the process of doing so, you will necessarily be made more whole and act in such a way as to support the larger world of which you are a part.

  Rod Stryker

  Meaningful, Stress, Support

  "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done. And it starts with that breath; it starts with getting out of my head and really just slowing the system down and being in a true present moment with each and every breath. That then allows me to be a more balanced and focused individual onstage.

  Jason Mraz

  Teacher, Done, Down And

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• The practice of yoga allows us to become more conscious of our own physical existence and how significant we really are.

  Sharon Gannon

  Practice, Conscious, Significant

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• When many people start practicing yoga, they are amazed to discover that their body isn't just something used to carry their head around - their body has intelligence too. We start to feel how our actions affect the lives of others - this could be described as becoming political, because the word politic means the "greater body" - it refers to the community of others with whom we share the Earth.

  Sharon Gannon

  Mean, People, Political

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• To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important activity anyone can be involved in at this time, because it changes a person - it lifts them from normal self-centeredness to a state of other centeredness. That is a good thing because it expands our perception of self. This expansion of consciousness leads to enlightenment, which is the meaning of yoga.

  Sharon Gannon

  Self, Perception, Enlightenment

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• Music and yoga have a great synergy.

  Michael Franti

  Synergy

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of the things I love about yoga is that it brings you into the present moment. You aren't worried about what will happen tomorrow and you aren't thinking about what happened yesterday. It's about opening your heart and living from your heart.

  Michael Franti

  Heart, Thinking, Yesterday

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The first time I took a Kundalini yoga class, I cried my eyes out afterwards. I was so moved by the meditation and singing "Long Time Sun" at the end of class. I felt like I was home.

  Zoe McLellan

  Home, Eye, Class

  "NCIS: New Orleans Actor Zoe McLellan: The Inspiration Equation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• With my schedule, I don't have much time to get to yoga classes, but I do keep a mat in my trailer and practice for a few minutes most days. It keeps me centered.

  Zoe McLellan

  Practice, Class, Schedules

  "NCIS: New Orleans Actor Zoe McLellan: The Inspiration Equation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Yoga has helped me become more in tune and respectful of not just my body but my soul.

  Zoe McLellan

  Soul, Tunes, Body

  "NCIS: New Orleans Actor Zoe McLellan: The Inspiration Equation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I try to stay sane and grounded by hunkering down, eating right, and exercising. I make a routine of spin class, yoga, and Pilates, places I push my body so hard I can lose my mind. Cutting out caffeine and sugar, being mindful, and getting enough rest are important.

  Jaime Murray

  Cutting, Exercise, Class

  "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When I do yoga, it gets all sweaty, and the best thing for dried up hair isn't shampoo, it's sweat.

  Wayne Coyne

  Hair, Sweat, Shampoo

  "Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen. He'd learned about yoga in California on a surfing trip, and when he came back to Houston, Texas, he introduced me to this new stuff he'd learned. I'll always be grateful for that positive influence at an early age.

  David F. Swensen

  Brother, Grateful, California

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• I've worked many jobs throughout my life, which has ultimately enhanced my appreciation for the opportunity to teach yoga and share something so positive.

  David F. Swensen

  Appreciation, Jobs, Opportunity

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• I've tried many other styles of yoga, but nothing has ever given me the same centeredness, energy, and internal balance that I feel when practicing Ashtanga Yoga.

  David F. Swensen

  Style, Balance, Centeredness

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• Practicing yoga is a constant evolution. The Ashtanga system can appear very rigid, with its predetermined sequences, but actually there's great freedom within its structure. From the repetition, we learn to find depth in the minutiae of the actions and the wonder of breath and prana.

  David F. Swensen

  Depth, Action, Evolution

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• The real riches of yoga cannot be seen; they are felt and experienced from the inside out.

  David F. Swensen

  Real, Riches, Felt

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