“[On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.” WorldFeelsClassWonderfulLike YouYogaConnected Author:Jennifer Beals
“I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes and run. It's not as much fun, physically. But emotionally, it's way more fun. I am so much happier and contented and less agitated - I'm just calmer. So it's like everything in this human existence, it's a trade off - it's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit. That's a good line. I have to remember that!” WayHumansBodyRunningRememberSpiritThreeFunEnjoyLinesExistenceClassLike YouYogaTradeKneesSurgeryHuman ExistenceAgilityTrade OffsCalmer Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.” UseHomeBodyLightBitsLike YouYogaWeightWork OutCoreGymCardioCardiovascular ExerciseBody WeightCalisthenics Author:Vidya Balan
“In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices.” IdeasWholePracticeMeditationLike YouEgoYogaEssenceOppositesWestEastProductiveMore MoneyEarningDissolvingMeditation And Yoga Author:Karan Bajaj
“Yoga is more a state than a methodology. A state where there is nothing missing. You don't feel like you have to grab this or grab that in order to be complete or full. From wringing out the body and the mind, from sitting in meditation, from studying scripture, from selfless service.” FeelsMindStatesBodyOrderStudyMeditationMissingLike YouYogaSittingScriptureSelflessSelfless ServiceMethodology Author:Colleen Saidman
“I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.” WantStrongLike YouArmsYogaDancingCoreMusclesAccessoriesPilatesStrong Arms Author:Natalia Vodianova
“Definitely, I think it's much more acceptable, the idea of meditation or yoga. The idea of God trying to contact the soul within ourselves. Back in the 60s it was a bit like, you know , the hippies or the philosophers were the only people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingIdeasSoulBitsMeditationLike YouYogaPhilosopherContactAcceptableHippie Author:George Harrison
“Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things.” LoveChildrenWisdomSpiritAnimalAttentionMeditationFlowerLike YouUnderstoodYogaInnocentEnjoyedInnocenceWellnessAppreciated Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.” FeelsTryingTogetherInspiringPiecesLike YouBrokenFitYogaWholenessBroken PiecesInspiring Yoga Book:Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom