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“What yoga philosophy and all the great Buddhist teachings tells us is that solidity is a creation of the ordinary mind and that there never was anything permanent to begin with that we could hold on to. Life would be much easier and substantially less painful if we lived with the knowledge of impermanence as the only constant.”

Ifs Mind Philosophy Would Be Success Teaching Creation Easier Ordinary Yoga Constant Painful Buddhist Permanent Impermanence Solidity

Book:Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness

Source: Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness

“Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.”

Philosophy Body Inspiration Yoga Medicine Senses Autobiography Mind Body Spirit Soma Mind Body And Spirit Healing The Body

Book:Look Eleven Years Younger

Source: Look Eleven Years Younger

“Don't try and understand this with your mind. There will be no absolute knowing, no certainty in these thoughts and philosophies and ideas.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“I think that we all at some point are in search of something - a higher power, whatever you want to call it, the meaning of life. I know I was, especially at even my son's age in my 20s, and dabbling in Eastern philosophies and yoga and Buddhism and Christianity and Islam. I kind of touched them all, you know, just trying to figure out the meaning of life or if nothing else, figure myself out.”

“Tantra is not sexual yoga. When the word tantra is used in the West, very often people immediately associate it with some kind of sexual yoga in which you use sex as a vehicle for enlightenment.”

People Kind Philosophy Use Used Sex Enlightenment Yoga West Vehicle Associates Tantra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tantra has to do with the reconciliation of opposites. All the yogas recommend that you avoid certain experiences. In tantra there is no avoidance.”

Philosophy Certain Yoga Opposites Reconciliation Avoidance Tantra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Advanced yoga is not withdrawal from the world. That's a preliminary state.”

World States Philosophy Yoga Withdrawal

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When I speak of tantric yoga, I'm speaking of a type of yoga that is best practiced by persons who live in society. It's a yoga for the last yuga.”

Persons Philosophy Lasts Speak Type Yoga

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In tantra we have complete faith in the winds of eternity. The key to tantra yoga is to feel that you are not the doer, that you cannot possibly act. All you have to do in life is to accept.”

Feels Philosophy Life Is Accepting Wind Keys Yoga Eternity Doers Tantra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.”

Way Art Philosophy Yoga

Author:B.K.S. Iyengar

“My own interest in Yoga came from a vague understanding of Indian thought and Indian philosophy in the late sixties and early seventies and from looking at the idea of meditation and at what meditation was.”

Ideas Philosophy Understanding Interest My Own Meditation Late Yoga Indian Sixty Vague Seventies

Author:Paul Harvey

“In the west we think of yoga as an exercise programme, when actually where it's from in India it's a whole philosophy. The Asanas and the exercise programme are one tiny aspect of it, and so it really, really fascinates me.”

Thinking Philosophy Whole Exercise Yoga Aspect India West Tiny Programmes Asana

Author:Jayne Middlemiss

“Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“Yoga, as a way of life and a philosophy, can be practiced by anyone with inclination to undertake it, for yoga belongs to humanity as a whole. It is not the property of any one group or any one individual, but can be followed by any and all, in any corner of the globe, regardless of class, creed or religion.”

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Author:K. Pattabhi Jois

“When yoga is understood in its totality, it is neither a form of exercise, nor is it an esoteric philosophy or religion; it is a practical and comprehensive science for realizing life's ultimate aims.”

Philosophy Form Realizing Exercise Understood Yoga Ultimate Aim Practicals Comprehensive Totality Esoteric

Author:Rod Stryker

“A little exposure to the philosophy of many Eastern spiritual traditions - including yoga - could easily lead you to conclude that if you aspire to achieve goals in the material world you cannot fulfill yourself spiritually, or vice versa. However, since all of us, at some level, long for fulfillment in all aspects of our life, it is essential to understand that these two aims are not mutually exclusive.”

“When I teach a new group of students, I introduce some yoga philosophy, but I don't overload them with information. Just enough so they understand the real tradition behind this ancient practice and that it's not a stretching class. Guys come in and they're a little nervous. I tell them that when they cross the threshold of the door, they're crossing to a different dimension. They're moving from an externally-oriented reality to an internally-oriented one.”

“Yoga began as a philosophy rather than as a physical discipline.”

Philosophy Discipline Yoga

Author:Deepak Chopra