Matras Yoga Quotes

He no longer grasped to a strong sense of self. To him life felt more like a dream, a cascade of cause and effect that was completely up for grabs-and he was no longer separate from any of it. Because of that, he could do amazing things ~ James Connor

I've tried many other styles of yoga, but nothing has ever given me the same centeredness, energy, and internal balance that I feel when practicing Ashtanga Yoga. ~ David F. Swensen

From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Emotion integrates but emotivity isolates. So free yourself from affectivity. In this absence of emotivity, you may have the impression at first that you become indifferent. But very soon you'll see that there is really affection for your surroundings. Emotion, affection, is giving. ~ Jean Klein

It's like doing one of those dumb math problems: three people are driving at 20mph in a car carrying two gallons of gas and a horse doing yoga, when a car traveling at 30mph with two clowns drinking cola collides, what time is it in Tokyo? It doesn't make any sense and the only answer I ever come up with is who ~ Jane Harvey-Berrick

I carefully lifted out of the pose and spoke up: "Uh, Fran? When I'm doing the pose (camel), I have this feeling in my chest, kind of a scary, tight feeling."
Fran was adjusting someone across the room. She had a way of looking like a thoughtful seamstress when she made adjustments: an inch let out here, a seam straightened there, and everything would be just right. She might as well have had pins tucked between her lips and a tape measure around her neck. Without missing a beat or looking up she said, "Oh, that's fear. Try the pose again."
Fear. I hadn't even known it was there. ~ Claire Dederer

Sahasrara is your awareness. When it is enlightened, you get into the technique of the Divine. Now there are two techniques - the technique of the Divine and the technique that you follow. You cannot act as Divine but you can use the Divine power and maneuver it. ~ Nirmala Srivastava

Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything. ~ Dharma Mittra

The use of drugs like mescaline may serve an appropriate purpose. Indeed, "Psychedelic" drugs have been widely used in the spiritual traditions of the world, including the Yoga of Patanjali, though they were never advertised as ultimate keys to enlightenment, merely as stepping-stones on the spiritual path. ~ Georg Feuerstein

I think yoga builds strength, flexibility, and calming of the mind - which is never a bad thing. ~ Joyce DiDonato

When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation. ~ Donna Quesada

I'm a pretty active person. I love yoga, crossfit, Zumba, and got to get that occasional hike in at Runyon Canyon when I can. I also love mentoring youth. ~ Sufe Bradshaw

Arjuna, who is the fearless waririor in the story is a very wordly indvidual, we assume with high past lives. ~ Frederick Lenz

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. ~ Zoe McLellan

As a mother would see her child, you should see the whole world as a beautiful place that God has created for you. ~ Nirmala Srivastava

The goal of every yoga is to lead a guided life. ~ Irina Tweedie

As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you achieve altered states of consciousness. It is not just stretching. The only way you can say that it's stretching is if you haven't done it, or that you haven't done it rigorously for a long period of time. ~ Joe Rogan

Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

The essence of spirituality is, to be constantly aware of the oneness of all; at the same time to celebrate the uniqueness of the individual. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

When you're experiencing peace, it's coming from within you; you're 'doing' peace and this is true of anything else you might be looking for. Love, happiness, contentment, well-being come from within. Nothing external needs to change for you to have what you want ... If you want to be happier - be happier. If you want to be more relaxed - relax. If you want more friends - be friendly. Sounds simple. It is. ~ Cheri Huber

At the end of the dream, on the other side of the rainbow, there's only light. ~ Frederick Lenz

Advanced Buddhist Yoga is the art of altering your karmic patterns. ~ Frederick Lenz

Most of us make our minds like spoilt children, allowing them to do whatever they want. Therefore it is necessary that Kriya-yoga should be constantly practised, in order to gain control of the mind, and bring it into subjection. The obstructions to Yoga arise from lack of control, and cause us pain. They can only be removed by denying the mind, and holding it in check, through the means of Kriya-yoga. ~ Swami Vivekananda

Systematic yoga and vipassana opens the "Dasham Duar" the mystical tenth spiritual gateway located at the top of the skull. ~ Amit Ray

Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more. ~ Ziggy Marley

There is no need to make spirituality a part of education. If you make education non-imposing and non-suppressive, people are naturally spiritual. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Kundalini Yoga will dawn on you the secret of how to be Healthy, Happy and Holy. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ~ Hermann Hesse

Suddenly they have to face each other down - you've got to kill your friends. ~ Frederick Lenz

It's a long journey and along the journey you'll get tired. But if, when you're very, very tired and you're about to give up and you think: ~ Frederick Lenz

Each asana is like a sound or letter in an alphabet. Every letter in an alphabet produces a unique sound vibration. Each asana vibrates at a specific frequency. When asanas are performed in sequence, beautiful phrases or sutras result, producing a mystical language. ~ Sharon Gannon

-If birthday(BD)is full of light settings, then it will become a BRIGHT DAY.

- If BD is full of bakery items, then it is BREAD DAY.

- If you take rest in your BD all the time, then it will become BERTH DAY.

- If you do excercise/ yoga, then your BD will become BREATH DAY.

-If you spend time in hotel or tasmac, then it is BAR DAY.

- If your BD leads to expenses, then it is BEAR DAY.

-If your BD is not so active, then it is BORE DAY.

Whatever, we need to make our BIRTH DAY , a WORTH DAY. ~ -Dr Sivakumar Gowder

I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning and practicing methods to neutralize the harmful effects of stress on the body and mind. There are many possibilities, anything from meditation and yoga to listening to relaxing music. My personal favorite is simple breathing techniques - they're very effective, take very little time, and they're free. ~ Andrew Weil

We are not only celebrating International Yoga day, we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana. ~ Narendra Modi

While the health benefits are many, yoga offers much more than just a way to exercise the body. ~ Deepak Chopra

Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Ego is even worse than dirt and filth because it attacks others. ~ Nirmala Srivastava

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. ~ Sri Aurobindo

I have always worked out, and I've gone through different phases of yoga, but the combination of Pilates three days a week with yoga is incredible. ~ Claudia Schiffer

Eternity does nothing but give. ~ Frederick Lenz