Category Archives: Yoga quotes

The soul is the target…

March 7, 2014

‘Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.’

B.K.S. Iyengar

42-krounchasana

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All the way to heaven…

February 19, 2014

horse

“Put the bit in its mouth,
The saddle on its back,
Your foot in the stirrup
And ride your wild runaway mind
All the way to heaven”

Kabir

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Being yourself…

January 15, 2014

being-yourself

“Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.”

Supposed quote from The Bhagavad Gita

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Perfection…

January 10, 2014

“The posture becomes perfect when the effort of achieving it vanishes.”

Yogabhashya

vasisthasana

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The present moment…

December 18, 2013

“Prana or breath, is truly one of yogas greatest gifts,
as focus on the breath brings a focus to the present moment
and leads to a state of inner peace.”

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

marjaryasana

Cat Cow Breath
Marjaryasana

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Yoga is to be lived…

December 2, 2013

“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’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming.”

Aadil Palkhivala
“Fire of love”

purvottanasana

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