Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.
I can't take a traditional yoga class or anything. I'll just lay down and take a nap on the mat.
Virtually the second I get home, I change into my "home" clothes - yoga pants and a T-shirt.
I like doing yoga; I like running and cycling - just staying active. And I love a facial.
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.
The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.
The ultimate essence of yoga is the contact and the union between the individual consciousness and the divine consciousness.
[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.
I don't chase the perfect figure. I'd rather focus on staying and eating healthy. A combination of running, swimming, yoga and circuit training works brilliantly for my body.
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
Yoga is not just about living better. It is about exploring the very source of life.
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
I did yoga in both of my labors. It's painful, but it helps you, you're supposed to stay active and move around. A lot of squatting. I didn't take any childbirth classes.
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.
Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.
If you are not happier every day, if you don't see a progression of development, then you are certainly not practicing yoga or Buddhism and therefore you cannot be amassing any positive karma.
With my schedule, I don't have much time to get to yoga classes, but I do keep a mat in my trailer and practice for a few minutes most days. It keeps me centered.
I get into certain yoga positions at times, when Im working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.
Yoga is the best tool to help you change your mind about your body
The path that is followed by most persons in the beginning of their spitirual search is the path of love, bhakti yoga.
I work hard, I will tell you that. I do a very low carb, high protein diet. I do Tracy Anderson, I do Body by Simone, I do Pilates, and I do Bikram Yoga.
Yoga means addition - addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.
Yoga is the only exercise on this planet from which you gain energy instead of burning energy.
Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important.
It is necessary first in the practice of Kundalini yoga to determine what the dharma is. There is a dharma for you.
I used to do a lot of yoga, but I tend to lose a lot of weight when I do that.
I condition with Pilates and yoga; they're my two favourite things that I do, and they go hand in hand with dancing.
I like to do yoga because it centers me and makes me realize truly what's important.
In order to satisfy the vital being, it must be offered some activity, and at the same time the mind should be slowly made to take interest in yoga.
I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate.
I'm doing yoga, MMA and things like that. I'm an unorthodox player, so I have to do things that fit my kind of game.
In my bedroom, I have my yoga mat and the puppets I've made over the years, and because I'm very into smells, I have some burned sage on my bedside to help clear my head.
I wouldn't say I'm addicted, but I never, ever skip yoga. I use it to calm down and slow down.
I am under no illusion that yoga is the solution to all issues! That's why I am a very open-minded yogi.
The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.
Yoga is the study of the human body. It is the surge for the human soul.
I go to yoga every day. I meditate every morning.
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
Yoga is about life, this means all of life, not just part of it.
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.
I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy.
I work out a lot - five, six, days a week. I take yoga classes and go to the gym - I love doing it and I have the time to do it. Not everybody has that option.
I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.
I like Yoga. I run. I go hiking. I'm very active. I like being outside.
Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
Yoga is not a means to get SOMEWHERE as if you were not SOMEWHERE already. It is your direct and intimate participation with Life.
No matter what size you are, you must be healthy. I focus on health as a model, whether it's doing yoga, hiking, kickboxing - those things bring me joy.
Unite has a great dry shampoo called 7Seconds. After a hot yoga class, when I'm super sweaty I spray this on and my hair comes back to life. Miraculous!
[Yoga] never calms me. Ever. But it certainly helps me prevent something.
I actually got really interested in traveling to India after studying yoga. I have this wanderlust and don't like doing things without knowing about the history.
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.
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.
What I rediscovered was the therapeutic nature of singing lessons. They're like doing yoga but for [the] inside of your body. You open up and use muscles that you don't think of as malleable.
I like to start the day with yoga. It's the best way of moving into the day.
I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
When I was in my early and mid-teens, my style changed constantly. My clothing was inspired by 'Annie Hall' for a while, by a yoga teacher, a flower child, a pirate... name it.
Yoga isn't just about the body, it's also about the mind and it's a technique that has really helped me.
I absolutely love going to hot yoga in the winter. It feels amazing when you walk there in the cold, and then get into this peaceful, heated room to meditate and stretch.
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