Yoga Quotes - Page 78

Because of old sports injuries, yoga has become a physical lifesaver.

I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

Now I know why yoga is so life-giving for so many. I have never experienced a practice that combines such physical challenge and spiritual wellbeing in my life.

I obviously swear by yoga for staying mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually balanced.

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.

I'm about to do my second Bikram yoga class in Anchorage, Alaska. It's the only way to stay warm. I've got to get into shape. I've been eating nothing but fish and chips.

The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I've been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think.

I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing.

I learned early on that most yoga poses are about showing off. You find something amazing you can do, and suddenly, Shazam—you’re a guru, ready for your groupies.

It's very good for you, riding. Every model is like, "I do yoga." I find horses have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move. So you have to use your body to help this horse do incredibly difficult movements that don't come naturally to it. And if something goes wrong, it's not the horse's fault; it's always your fault. So you have to be quite levelheaded. And then the whole nature aspect of it is very calming.

So many people are passive participants in their very short time of having a consciousness, and those who aren't inspire me. Like Malala Yousafzai or a ninety-two-year-old yoga instructor.

Was thinking of taking a yoga class, then realized I wasn't gay. Whew. Close one.

My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

I spent two weeks at the Sadhguru's [Jaggi Vasudev]. It was a wonderful experience. It was very different from what I normally do - earlier I used to do Ashtanga [yoga] all the time.

I could go on for days about why I love yoga. One of my favorite parts is I can't think about anything else other than doing what the teacher tells me to do. For me, someone who has a million things going on at any given moment, that kind of surrender is liberating. I also learn so much about myself - my limitations, my potential, how to be mindful of an injury.

I've been meditating as part of my yoga practice for so long, I can't remember when I started.

I practice yoga and take a steam-filled bath or shower. Then I sit quietly and review and prioritize my to-do list.

I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

It's like crazy how many different kinds of yoga there are. And now that they have it for surfers and for this one and for that one.

Let the skin be like water, let the flesh hang from the bones.

Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!

This is the only advanced pose (Firefly Pose) I know that you can run away from the police in.

I spent six years in the army. That's the reason I am like a drill sergeant sometimes.