Yoga Quotes - Page 22

• The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

  Patanjali

  Vision, Doubt, Apathy

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• The practice of yoga only requires us to act and to be attentive in our actions.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Practice, Our Actions, Action

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

  Patanjali

  Spiritual, Reading, Soul

  Alice Bailey, Patanjali (2012). “The Light of the Soul: Paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali”, p.112, Lucis Publishing Companies

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• Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

  Patanjali

  Moments, Present Moment

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• Yoga is mind wave quieting.

  Patanjali

  Mind, Mindfulness, Wave

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• Yoga is both the movement toward and the arrival at a point.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Movement, Arrivals

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• If we do not pay attention to ourselves in our practice, then we cannot call it yoga.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Practice, Attention, Pay

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Giving, Doe, Information

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Whether things get better or worse depends to a considerable extent on our own actions. The recommendation of a yoga practice follows the principle that through practice we can learn to stay present in every moment, and thereby achieve much that we were previously incapable of.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  Practice, Get Better, Principles

  T. K. V. Desikachar (1999). “The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• As a Yoga Therapist, focus on increasing people's quality of life not on curing diseases.

  T. K. V. Desikachar

  People, Focus, Quality

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• I practice yoga and take a steam-filled bath or shower. Then I sit quietly and review and prioritize my to-do list.

  Donna Karan

  Practice, Lists, Baths

  "Donna Karan's New Fragrance Is Zen in a Bottle". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. September 16, 2016.

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• All I want to do is yoga and hike, and smoke weed. It's funny.

  Miley Cyrus

  Weed, Want, Smoke

  Interview with Amanda Fitzsimons, www.elle.com. September 27, 2016.

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• It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Running, Thinking, Breathing

  Interview with Tom Hiddleston, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2016.

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• I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.

  Natalia Vodianova

  Strong, Dancing, Accessories

  Source: www.elle.com

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• You don't have to go the gym - just walk 10,000 steps a day and you are activating your good genes. But do practise yoga.

  Deepak Chopra

  Steps, Genes, Walks

  Source: www.psychologies.co.uk

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• Yoga stimulates different nerves in your body, especially the Vagus nerve that carries information from the brain to most of the body's major organs, slows everything down and allows self-regulation. It's the nerve that is associated with the parasympathetic system and emotions like love, joy and compassion.

  Deepak Chopra

  Compassion, Self, Like Love

  Source: www.psychologies.co.uk

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• I try to do a lot of yoga and meditation. I think now it's creating things in times of waiting.

  Emma Stone

  Thinking, Creating, Meditation

  Source: www.kidzworld.com

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• I hate yoga pants anywhere but the gym.

  Robin Givhan

  Hate, Pants, Gym

  Source: nyc.brightestyoungthings.com

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• Our feelings can be hurt, but you can take a yoga class, you can pray, you can play some basketball - you can figure out things for your hurt feelings.

  Killer Mike

  Basketball, Hurt, Class

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very seriously and I think that is a wonderful exercise. I take tennis lessons, and I swim a lot.

  Rosamund Pike

  Exercise, Thinking, Clear Goals

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Yoga is a natural thing.

  Laura Huxley

  Natural, Natural Things

  Source: www.whitelotus.org

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• The practice of yoga certainly is a fantastic practice. I only wish I would do it more. I find I can do it alone but it is much better if I have some guidance. Although I can do it alone it is a little bit sloppy. Ultimately, all of those techniques try to bring more oxygen to the brain. We can think and love better if we have more oxygen.

  Laura Huxley

  Love Is, Thinking, Oxygen

  Source: www.whitelotus.org

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• Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult.

  Alice Walker

  Book, Reading, Sleep

  Source: alicewalkersgarden.com

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• What I rediscovered was the therapeutic nature of singing lessons. They're like doing yoga but for [the] inside of your body. You open up and use muscles that you don't think of as malleable.

  Stephen Colbert

  Thinking, Singing, Use

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• In yoga you reach your arms to the heavens and the universe smiles back at you.

  Diamond Dallas Page

  Heaven, Arms, Universe

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