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“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”
– The Bhagavad Gita

“Yoga is not a work-out; it is a work-in. And this is the point of spiritual practice, to make us teachable, to open up our hearts, and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are.”
—Rolf Gates

“Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success.”
–­ Hatha Yoga Pradipika

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
-Patanjali (Yoga Sutras)

Before you’ve practiced, the theory is useless. After you’ve practiced, the theory is obvious.
-David Williams

The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
-Sakyong Mipham

"It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit."
― J.R.R. Tolkien

The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body.
-Jason Crandell

"Through sustained focus and meditation on our patterns, habits, and conditioning, we gain knowledge and understanding of our past and how we can change the patterns that aren’t serving us to live more freely and fully."
— Patañjali

“God created the universe with this sound of the gong, fly with it, spread your wings and go with it, flow away.”
― Yogi Bhajan

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." — Socrates

“A man is as young as his spinal column.”
Joseph Pilates

"Spiritual awareness must be brought into our daily life if we are to become receptive to the radiance of that Consciousness that is pulsing with divine vibrations.”
― Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

“Inhale the future. Exhale the past.”
– Eckhart Tolle

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