Top 42 Yoga Quotes

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Yoga is a great way to get in shape and stay healthy. With that in mind, check out the top 42 yoga quotes.

#42 – 40. Yoga Quotes

42. Wisdom is knowing we are all One. Love is what it feels like and Compassion is what it acts like. – Ethan Walker III

41. Yoga begins right where I am – not where I was yesterday or where I long to be. – Linda Sparrowe

40. True meditation is about being fully present with everything that is including discomfort and challenges. It is not an escape from life. ― Craig Hamilton

#39 – 30. Yoga Quotes

39. Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions. – Pema Chodron

38. I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul. – Rumi

37. Yoga is a light which once lit will never dim, the better your practice the brighter your flame. – B.K.S. Iyengar

36. If you choose to see everything as a miracle, then where you are right now is perfect. There is nowhere to run to; there is nothing else to do except be in this moment and allow what is to be. From that place of radical acceptance, major change can happen. The first step in any transformational experience is acceptance and surrender to the present moment, the way that it is. From that place we have the awareness, humility and power to change what is. – Mastin Kipp

35. Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself. – Paramahansa Yogananda

34. The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime. ― Sogyal Rinpoche

33. I offer you peace, I offer you love, I offer you friendship, I see your beauty, I hear your need, I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. – Gandhi

32. Calming the mind is yoga. Not just standing on the head. ― Swami Satchidananda

31. Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees. ― B.K.S Iyengar

30. Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible. ― Bob Harper

#29 – 20. Yoga Quotes

29. If you seek peace, be still, If you seek wisdom, be silent, If you seek love, be yourself. – Becca Lee

28. The very heart of yoga practice is ‘abyhasa’ steady effort in the direction you want to go. ― Sally Kempton

27. Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself. — Sri Dharma Mittra

26. Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move. – Osho

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

24. You are the sky, everything else is just the weather. – Pema Chodron

23. In truth yoga doesn’t take time – it gives time. ― Ganga White

22. Change is not only inevitable, but always happening. When you truly embrace this concept of change being constant, the only thing left to do is grow, detach, venture inwards, touch the spirit and find your source — the one responsible for keeping you grounded through the ever-changing seasons of life. – Julie Weiland

21. Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame. ― B.K.S Iyengar

20. Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured ― B.K.S Iyengar

#19 – 10. Yoga Quotes

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

18. Yoga means addition. Addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul. ― Amit Ray

17. Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. – Thich Nhat Hanh

16. 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

15. The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. ― B.K.S Iyengar

14. Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. ― Buddha

13. Yoga is not just repetition of few postures, it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life ― Amit Ray

12. True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed, yoga is to be lived, Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been, yoga cares about the person you are becoming, Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied. – Aadil Palkhivala

11. When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. – Peace Pilgrim

10. When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is yoga. ― Petri Räisänen

#9 – 1. Yoga Quotes

9. Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are ― Jason Crandell

8. Your soul is your best friend. Treat it with care, nurture it with growth, feed it with love. – Ashourina Yalda

7. In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go. – Pema Chodron

6. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. ― Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

5. It is not arrogant or egotistical to feel good inside. You had nothing to do with it. It’s simply the honest response to clearly perceived Reality. – Erich Schiffman

4. Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. – Etty Hittlesum

3. Change only happens in the present moment. The past is already done. The future is just energy and intention. ― Kino MacGregor

2.You either get bitter or get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you. – Josh Shipp

1. Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. ― The Bhagavad Gita

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