Asana
1. Body is not stiff, mind is stiff. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
2. You go too fast, don’t do that. Eddie Stern
3. No coffee no prana. Sharath Rangaswamy
4. Yoga is learning to never say I can’t. Claudia Azula
5. Anybody can breathe. Therefore anybody can practice yoga. T.K.V. Desikachar
6. Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious. David Williams
7. Turn on the lights of the pose. Richard Freeman
Life as a yogi
8. Laughter drives shouting away. Indra Devi
9. Let your speech be true and sweet. Shri T. Krishnamacharya
10. Never
be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through
disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the
heart. Shri T. Krishnamacharya
11. Bien predica quien bien vive. Don Quijote de la Mancha (Preaches well who lives well)
Meditation
12. Meditation results in marvels. Shri T. Krishnamacharya
13. Don’t just do something, sit there! Unknown
Relationships
14. If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world. Marianne Williamson
Age
15. Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible. Bob Harper
16. As women gather in years aim toward living in ways that are sure to horrify the few and inspire the many - Clarisa Pinkola Estes
17. Age considers; youth ventures. Rabindranath Tagore
Love
18. If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. Jack Kornfield
19. Our
deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that
most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Marianne Williamson
Strength
20. No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
21. My life is my message. Gandhi
22. Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly. Sri Chinmoy
23. When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears. S.N.Goenka
24. All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Buddha
25. You’ve got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Raymon Carver
Respecting our Gunas (innate psychological tendencies)
26. Chancho limpio nunca engorda, (clean pig never gets fat) Spanish proverb unknown author
Adventure
27. Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world. Rumi
28. Si de algo soy rico es de perplejidades y no de certezas. Jose Luis Borges
29. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare
Wealth
30. The first wealth is health. Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. To one established in non-stealing all wealth comes. Patanjali
Results
32. Mastery
of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living,
how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of
mind. T.K.V. Desikachar
Article writen by Claudia Azula, author of 'book 21 Things to Know Before Starting an Ashtanga Yoga Practice'
