Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patanjali

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

Patanjali

Yoga is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble.

Patanjali

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

The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.

Patanjali

With great respect and love, NOW the blessings of Yoga instruction are offered.

Patanjali

Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.

Patanjali

Chanting is one of the most traditional and first Yoga practices. It helps to open the throat area and is a great way to learn some Sanskrit and the Yoga Sutra.

Patanjali

Yoga is the cessation of mind.

Patanjali

For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.

Patanjali

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

Patanjali

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

Patanjali

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

Patanjali

A mind free from all disturbances is Yoga.

Patanjali

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Patanjali

Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.

Nicole Trunfio

I try to go to the gym three to four times a week and mix it up with yoga or a personal trainer.

Nico Tortorella

I work out a lot - five, six, days a week. I take yoga classes and go to the gym - I love doing it and I have the time to do it. Not everybody has that option.

Madonna Ciccone

I've been practicing yoga very seriously for a little over a year and I believe that helped my voice and affected my singing.

Lizzie Brochere

In my day-to-day, I do a bit of yoga, I go biking, I read, I watch shows, I go to music concerts.

Mehmet Oz

Make the driving force in your life love.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

Marianne Faithfull

I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.

Mike Colter

I don't practice yoga, but it's on my list of things to try again. I gave it a shot, but the class was too advanced for me, and I felt overwhelmed and a little embarrassed.

Kristian Bush

I have always heard that uber-successful people who write books about how to become uber-successful all have one thing in common: They all meditate every day. I consider yoga my meditation.

Koren Zailckas

There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet.

Olivia Wilde

I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

Kelly Brook

I've never had one of those amazing yoga bodies. My body is what it is. I am sure if I went on a crash diet, lost two stone and toned up I could make loads of money by making fitness videos and selling my story to the tabloids. But I don't want to encourage women to be anything other than what they are. That's very important to me.

Parker Posey

I've done a lot of crafts in my day. I learned how to do pottery, yoga... and I just wanted to share and talk and write.

Lily Cole

I love yoga. I don't do it as much as I'd like to, but I feel wonderful when I do.

Paul Sorvino

When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't sing, and I couldn't do the basic dance steps I had to do. Fortunately, two actors in the production - who were also yoga instructors - taught me some breathing exercises, and my asthma was cured that day.

Patricia Velasquez

I do hot yoga. I try to keep one hour a day where I have space to reflect and meditate and take care of me and what is going on inside. This way, I can be a better person to be around.

Nathan East

I practice yoga on a regular basis at my gym and when I travel. Yoga not only keeps me flexible, but I feel it enhance the quality of my blood cells through deep breathing. I also feel energized when I practice yoga, which helps me cope with my demanding schedule.