Quotes about Yoga

Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul
create the symphonies of life B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and
struggles of life. B.K.S. Iyengar
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not change
the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees. B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution
includes all aspects of ones being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union the
union of body with consciousness, and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the way of
maintaining a balanced attitude of in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of ones
actions. B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga is the unifying art of transforming dharma into action, be it through inspired thought,
properly nurturing our children, a painting, a kindness or an act of peace that forever moves
humanity forward. Micheline Berry
Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the
grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements. Amit Ray
Yoga means addition - addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul. Amit
Ray
Although yoga has its origins in ancient India, its methods and purposes are universal, relying
not on cultural background, faith or deity, but simply on the individual. Yoga has become
important in the lives of many contemporary Westerners, sometimes as a way of improving
health and fitness of the body, but also as a means of personal and spiritual development. - Tara
Fraser
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. B.K.S.
Iyengar
The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively
changes the way we live our life and our relationships. T.K.V. Desikachar
When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that
we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of
Yoga. - Geeta Iyengar
The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own
being. Sri Aurobindo

To perform every action artfully is yoga. Swami Kripalu.

While doing yoga we are more ourselves, and more than ourselves. Valerie Jeremijenko
Yoga is a balancing factor, a substratum across all of your life, so you do not get shifted in one
direction or another. It gives you freshness, gives you light, recharges your batteries. You become
a stable person. You realize what balance is, what sukha is, what contentment is, what joy is.
Birjoo Mehta
...yoga is a path to undo the root of all types of misery through the direct experience of deep,
clear, open awareness. Richard Freeman
Yoga's greatest gift is the vulnerability that fills your tender heart after a deep practice session
and the spiritual strength that gives you the benefit of unflappable faith and devotion. Kino
MacGregor
Yoga is the bringing together of that which was never separate. Richard Miller
Asanas are a microcosm of life. They are miniature worlds filled with all the forms of the world
at large. Our ability to thrive amidst those forms can be improved through the artful awareness
developed in yoga practice. Sharon Gannon & David Life
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 doesnt 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. Aadil Palkhivala
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. Rolf Gates
For me, yoga is not just a workout its about working on yourself. Mary Glover
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. Sharon Gannon
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your
mind. Rodney Yee
Any belief, whatever it is, is counterproductive in the context of the practice of yoga. One holds
a belief instead of knowing. For example, you wouldnt say you believe in your right ear, since
you know your ear, no belief is required. Believing always excludes knowing. When jnana
(supreme knowledge) comes through the practice of yoga, you will know. Do not be satisfied
with believing. Gregor Maehle