“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
“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.” ThinkingPhilosophyWholeExerciseYogaAspectIndiaWestTinyProgrammesAsana Author:Jayne Middlemiss
“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
“Despite its widespread acceptance and the number of lives it has improved, what most of us in the West commonly associate with yoga represents only the tip of the iceberg that is yoga, a tiny fraction of what is a vast and profound science.” NumbersAcceptanceYogaProfoundWestTinyDespiteAssociatesFractionsIcebergTip Of The Iceberg Book:The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom Source: The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom
“Yoga has moved from relative anonymity in the West to a well-recognized practice offered in thousands of studios, community centers, hospitals, gyms, and health clubs.” WellsCommunityPracticeYogaMovedWestClubsStudiosHospitalsGymRelativeAnonymityCommunity Centers Author:Deepak Chopra
“I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger.” PeopleFeelsSpiritualMeditationPlanetsRight NowMindfulnessYogaWestHungerAwakeningMainstreamSpiritual AwakeningGreat Spiritual Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this well enough, and in the Buddhist Yoga an exact technique was devised for unmasking the illusion of the personality. The human merry-go-round sees many changes: the illusion that cost India the efforts of thousands of years to unmask is the same illusion that the West has labored just as hard to maintain and strengthen.” MenYearsHumansWellsMadeHardEnoughEffortPersonalityCostIllusionHundredYogaIndiaWestRoundsAncientTechniqueBuddhistThreadTextureMerryOnionsMerry Go RoundUnmasking Book:Steppenwolf: A Novel Source: Steppenwolf: A Novel
“Yoga is a big misnomer in the west, people don't know what this yoga is. Yoga means union with the divine. When you become one with the divine, the divine starts flowing through you and you become part and parcel of the whole.” PeopleKnowsLoveMeanWholeWisdomBigsSpiritMeditationDivineYogaUnionsWestWellnessParcel Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really cares for the benevolence of the whole world, it will have to turn to introspection.” PeopleIfsWorldWholeCareTurnsMeditationRightsPrideYogaDemocraticWestWesternWhole WorldChampionIntrospectionBenevolenceDefendersWestern WorldDemocratic Rights Author:Nirmala Srivastava