“If a bird is used to flying and you put in a a cage, it won't be a happy bird; It wants to fly; that's its nature. Your nature is infinite awareness.” IfsWantUsedAwarenessBirdYogaInfiniteKarmaFlyingCagesKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“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.” PeopleKindPhilosophyUseUsedSexEnlightenmentYogaWestVehicleAssociatesTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days.” LittlesPlayLightUsedBitsStepsYogaWeightResistanceThese DaysTennisStretchingElevatorsPilatesPush Ups Author:Robin Roberts
“I accept that keeping in shape doesn't come naturally, so I work hard. I hit the gym every day: Pilates, yoga, weights. I used to love wine but I've stopped drinking. I quit smoking and I'll never start again.” HardUsedAcceptingHard WorkShapesYogaWeightWineDrinkingQuittingSmokingGymI QuitPilatesQuit SmokingUsed To LoveWine Love Author:Linda Evangelista
“I work out. I used to go to yoga every day. Now I just incorporate yoga into my warm-up and my cool down. I drink a lot of water, and I go to therapy.” UsedWaterDrinkYogaWork OutWarmTherapyCool Down Author:Adina Porter
“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.” TwoDifferentUsedWonderfulWeekYogaTwo WeeksWonderful Experience Author:Donna Karan
“My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode.” BodyWould BeUsedFightingEffectsYogaFlightGymRoutineSwimmingStressedStretchingStressfulAdverseStressed OutAdverse Effects Author:Laura Prepon
“I can be highly competitive, which is ultimately why I chose yoga as a career. I thought it would drain the competitive drive out of me and allow me to be present and content. The yoga world has become highly competitive since then and it used to drive me crazy until I realized there's work for everyone.” WorldI CanUsedCareersCrazyYogaI RealizedDrainsDrive Me Crazy Author:Kathryn Budig
“When many people start practicing yoga, they are amazed to discover that their body isn't just something used to carry their head around - their body has intelligence too. We start to feel how our actions affect the lives of others - this could be described as becoming political, because the word politic means the "greater body" - it refers to the community of others with whom we share the Earth.” PeopleFeelsMeanBodyActionEarthPoliticalUsedCommunityGreaterShareBecomingYogaAmazedOur ActionsLives Of Others Author:Sharon Gannon
“Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection between flexibility and enlightenment.” StatesSeemsUsedPracticeRight NowEnlightenmentYogaConnectionsDeeperAccessDimensionsEnlightenedFlexibilityYoga Practice Author:Bryan Kest
“I started using drugs when I was thirteen. By twenty-one, I was shooting up coke and heroin. In my early twenties, I unconsciously used asana to make the "getter" inside me stronger. Sure, I got a hit of the yoga high - serenity at the end of class - but how sustainable is that if you're holding grudges against yourself or others?” IfsEndsUsedClassDrugYogaTwentiesStrongerShootingSerenityHeroinGrudgeTwenty OneCokeThirteenAsanaShooting UpHolding Grudges Author:Angel Grant
“It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.” NeedsFeelsWellsUsedBalanceYogaUsed To BePilates Author:Donna Karan
“Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken.” WritingJobsUsedReadingTakenTvsYogaGuitarUsed To BePoolBalletHobbiesKnittingPilatesWatching Tv Author:Meg Cabot
“Whatever you have committed wrong in the past or whatever you used to think of the future, the present becomes divine. And that divine present is the ocean of joy of which you are the part and particle. Just enjoy that.” ThinkingLoveWisdomPastUsedJoySpiritEnjoyMeditationDivineOceanYogaCommittedWellnessParticles Author:Nirmala Srivastava