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1. True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn\u2019t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied. \u2013 Aadil Palkhivala<\/p>\n
2. Yoga begins right where I am \u2013 not where I was yesterday or where I long to be. \u2013 Linda Sparrowe<\/p>\n
3. I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul. \u2013 Rumi<\/p>\n
4. Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in. And this is the point of spiritual practice; to make us teachable; to open up our hearts and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are. \u2013 Rolf Gates<\/p>\n
5. Yoga is a light which once lit will never dim, the better your practice the brighter your flame. \u2013 B.K.S. Iyengar<\/p>\n
6. Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. \u2013 Thich Nhat Hanh<\/p>\n
7. Your soul is your best friend. Treat it with care, nurture it with growth, feed it with love. \u2013 Ashourina Yalda<\/p>\n
8. Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we can uncover our own pose in the moment, it\u2019s not practice \u2014 it\u2019s mimicry. Rest deeply in Savasana every day. Always enter that pratyahara (withdrawn state) every day. And just enjoy yourself. For many years I mistook discipline as ambition. Now I believe it to be more about consistency. Do get on the mat. Practice and life are not that different. \u2013 Judith Hanson Lasater<\/p>\n
9. Yoga is a dance between control and surrender \u2013 between pushing and letting go \u2013 and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being. \u2013 Joel Kramer<\/p>\n
10. Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are. \u2013 Jason Crandell<\/p>\n
11. The very heart of yoga practice is an abhyasa \u2013 steady effort in the direction you want to go. \u2013 Sally Kempton<\/p>\n
12. Go from a human being doing yoga to a human being yoga. \u2013 Baron Baptiste<\/p>\n
13. Yoga is not about touching your toes, it\u2019s about what you learn on the way down. \u2013 Jigar Gor<\/p>\n
14. Yoga does not change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees. \u2013 B.K.S Iyengar<\/p>\n
15. People often say that motivation doesn\u2019t last. Well, neither does bathing. That\u2019s why we recommend it daily. \u2013 Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n
16. 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. \u2013 T.K.V. Desikachar<\/p>\n
17. Yoga is about clearing away whatever is in us that prevents our living in the most full and whole way. With yoga, we become aware of how and where we are restricted \u2014 in body, mind, and heart \u2014 and how gradually to open and release these blockages. As these blockages are cleared, our energy is freed. We start to feel more harmonious, more at one with ourselves. Our lives begin to flow \u2014 or we begin to flow more in our lives. \u2013 Cybele Tomlinson<\/p>\n
18. You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state. \u2013 Sharon Gannon<\/p>\n
19. A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves. \u2013 Terri Guillemets<\/p>\n
20. You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. \u2013Wayne Dyer<\/p>\n
21. The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It\u2019s about using posture to understand and transform yourself. \u2013B.K.S Iyengar<\/p>\n
22. There is always room for change, but you have to be open to that change. \u2013Kathryn Budig<\/p>\n
23. Yoga means addition \u2013 addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.\u201d \u2013Amit<\/p>\n
24. You will never influence the world by trying to be like it.<\/p>\n
25. Yoga is not just repetition of few postures \u2013 it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.<\/p>\n
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