Inspirational Yoga Quotes - Page 2

• Through the practices of yoga, we discover that concern for the happiness and well being of others, including animals, must be an essential part of our own quest for happiness and well being. The fork can be a powerful weapon of mass destruction or a tool to create peace on Earth.

  Sharon Gannon

  Success, Powerful, Yoga

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• Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you.

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

  Yoga, Self, Sublime

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• There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

  Kathryn Budig

  Inspirational, Yoga, People

  Twitter post from Aug 25, 2014

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• The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Yoga, Feelings, Quality

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• Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Goal, Spirituality

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.18, Rodale

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Light, Shining

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.27, Rodale

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• The pose begins when you want to leave it.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Want, Yoga Practice

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• Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Attitude, Yoga, Skills

  B.K.S Iyengar (2000). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-1”, p.76, Allied Publishers

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• Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

  Rumi

  Fear, Moving, Yoga

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• In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different.

  Larry McVoy

  Yoga, Practice, Different

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• The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Regret, Yoga, Goal

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice

  Kripalvananda

  Spiritual, Song, Yoga

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

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• In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspiring, Letting Go, Yoga

  Pema Chodron (2001). “The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• Don't move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move.

  Rajneesh

  Inspiring, Moving, Yoga

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• In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless.

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

  Yoga, Self, Practice

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• The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Yoga, Practice, Faces

  Sri Aurobindo (2016). “The Synthesis of Yoga: Art of living”, p.55, editionNEXT.com

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• Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

  Indra Devi

  Freedom, Fear, Loneliness

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• The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.

  Rodney Yee

  Success, Yoga, Mind

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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, Yoga

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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, Yoga, Symphony

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

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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

  Yoga, Heart, Only Love

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• Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

  Success, God, Yoga

  "Stress Out: Show Stress Who's the Boss!". Book by Sumner M. Davenport (p.9), November 11, 2009.

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• The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Success, Spiritual, Wisdom

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