Tag Archives: Quotes

Impermanence…

“What yoga philosophy and all the great Buddhist teachings tells us is that solidity is a creation of the ordinary mind and that there never was anything permanent to begin with that we could hold on to. Life would be much easier and substantially less painful if we lived with the knowledge of impermanence as the only constant.” -Donna Farhi, Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit

Yoga Numbers…

“Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.” -Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

Therapy and Antidepressants…

“The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough.”  -Amy Weintraub

Curing and Enduring…

“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” -B.K.S. Iyengar

Still Mind

“To a mind that is still, the universe surrenders.” – attributed to Lao Tsu, but I heard it from Tek Young Lin

Staying Centered

“What’s difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because their heart was closed. That is hard. But that is also how we grow. We go through those circumstances in order to evolve into people who can hold to our loving center no matter what the world throws us.” – Marianne Williamson

Measures of Health

It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti