B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
As honey is sweet from any part of the honeycomb, so is yoga. It enables every part of the human system to become attuned to its essence, the conscious seer within.
Yoga alone enables the practitioner to perceive and experience the world within and around himself, to touch the divine joy of all creation, and then to share that nectar of divine wealth and happiness with his fellow beings.”
Cybele Tomlinson
“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 in body, mind, and heart 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 or we begin to flow more in our lives.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga releases the creative potential of Life. It does this by establishing a structure for self realization, by showing how we can progress along the journey, and by opening a sacred vision of the Ultimate, of our Divine origin, and final Destiny. The Light that yoga sheds on Life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees. It brings knowledge and elevates it to wisdom.”
Alan Finger
“Yoga adds years to your life and life to your years.”
Joel Kramer
“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender - between pushing and letting go - and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.”
Sadghuru
“...you arrive at yoga only when you realize that your desire is essentially for the limitless, and that absolutely nothing else will settle you…the fundamental desire within every human being is for boundless expansion.”
The Bhagavad Gita
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self and intelligence.”
Osho
“Yoga means to encounter the reality as it is.”
Jason Crandell
“The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body.”
Rumi
“Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring at the door. Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.”
The Bhagavad Gita
“Nothing in the world can purify as powerfully as wisdom: Practiced in yoga you will find the wisdom within yourself.”
Tiffany Cruikshank
“To me yoga is a way of life, it's about cleaning off the lens we see the world through by looking deeply at ourselves.”
Sharath Jois
“Yoga itself does not have any religion, it is self transformation, for well being.”
Vanda Scaravelli
“Yoga is an effortless dance with breath and gravity.”
Amit Ray
“Yoga is the artwork of awareness on the canvas of body, mind, and soul.”
Sri Pattabhi Jois
“Yoga is an internal practice. The rest is just a circus.”
B.K.S. lyengar
“Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.”
Max Strom
“Remember, it doesn't matter how deep into the posture you go, what does matter is who you are when you get there.”
Sri T Krishnamacharya
“Yoga is a process of replacing old patterns with new and more appropriate patterns.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“If you can stand on your mat for yoga and you have available at least fifteen minutes, you are truly a lucky person. That alone is a priceless gift and a tool to improve your life, which not many have. With these thoughts, have a sense of gratitude for what is available to you, get to practice.”
Debasish Mridha
“You may not be able to control the whole world, but you may learn to control your inner world through yoga.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”
Jigar Gor
“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it's about what you learn on the way down.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.”
Gillian McGhee
“The beauty of yoga is you never fail. You do what you can in that given moment. Nothing more, nothing less.”
T. K. V. Desikachar
“Yoga is the practice of observing yourself without judgement.”
K. Pattabhi Jois
“Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.”
Bernie Clark
“"We don't use the body to get into a pose. We use the pose to get into the body".
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga makes us live in the present. The present is the only state that gives us real happiness and joy”.
Patanjali
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.”
Jon Wakeham
“Life is like yoga; the only way you can enjoy it is by relaxing into any position you happen to find yourself in.”
Sharon Gannon
“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.”
Rodney Yee
“That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.”
Vanda Scaravelli
“There is no age to yoga. You can start at 70, 80, because if it's done with gravity, with breath, you receive and you don't go against, and you will never damage the body. The first thing is not to fight yourself. Be ready to receive energy. Energy helps, breathing helps. There is no age."
Bob Harper
“Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible.”
Amy Weintraub
"The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough.”
Elise Joan
“Yoga is the ultimate practice. It simultaneously stimulates our inner light and quiets our over-active minds. It is both energy and rest. Yin and Yang. We feel the burn, and find our bliss."
Tiffany Cruikshank
“Yoga is a powerful vehicle for change. As you build strength, you start to believe in your own potential.”
Rolf Gates
“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.”
Rachel Brathen
“The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible or standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is to create space where you were once stuck. To unveil layers of protection you've built around your heart. To appreciate your body and become aware of the mind and the noise it creates. To make peace with who you are. The goal is to love... well, you. Shift your focus and your heart will grow.”
Amit Ray
“Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul.”
Cybele Tomlinson
“Yoga is about clearing away whatever is in us that prevents our living in the most full and whole way.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.”
Patanjali
“Yoga frees you from the drama, the tragedy, the saga your mind creates and allows you to experience your True Self.”
B. K. S. Iyengar
“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.”
Rachel Brathen
“Years of yoga practice had taught me just that: the art of breathing through discomfort. Of sitting with pain. Of breathing in to the tight corners of my body and making space wherever I need it. I realized, this is it. This is the point of all that practice.”
B. K. S. Iyengar