Yoga Quotes - Page 3

• Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Arrows, Soul, Target

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• We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Self, Inner Peace, Doe

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.118, A&C Black

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• The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

  Abraham Maslow

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

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• Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Flower, Yield, Shining

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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• Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Moving, World

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• Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Health, Soul, Nutrition And Exercise

  Tusculanarum Disputationum Bk III, Ch. 3

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• Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

  Gautama Buddha

  Confidence, Lamps, Yoga And Life

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• Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.

  Bob Harper

  Success, Asana, Youth

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• Make an attitude to be in gratitude, you will find the whole Universe will come to you.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Gratitude, Attitude, Whole

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• Yoga doesn't ask you to be more than you are. But it does ask you to be all that you are.

  Bryan Kest

  Meditation, Doe, Wellness

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• You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.

  Sharon Gannon

  Asana, Natural, States

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• Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Success, Meditation, Mind

  "The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom". Book edited by Kelsie Besaw, p. 22, 2014.

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• Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Wellness, States, Fulfillment

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.32, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Do your practice and all is coming.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Success, Practice, Yoga Practice

  John Scott, Shri K. Pattabhi Jois (2000). “Ashtanga Yoga: The Definitive Step-by-step Guide to Dynamic Yoga”, Harmony Books

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• Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Symphony, Soul

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Astadala Yogamala (Collected Works), Volume 6”, p.129, Allied Publishers

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• Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Mean, Exercise, Self

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• Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Body, Teach, Yoga Practice

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  When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Oct 05, 2011

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• Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Heart, Only Love, Meditation And Yoga

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• Your mind, emotions and body are instruments and the way you align and tune them determines how well you play life.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Life, Spiritual, Thinking

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  Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Break Up

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Dec 16, 2011

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• Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

  Patanjali

  Mind, Fluctuation

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• We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Change, New Beginnings, Meditation

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• We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

  Hermann Hesse

  Buddhism, Circles, Siddhartha

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.17, Om Books International

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• Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Ignorance, Buddhism

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