50 powerful yoga quotes for inspiration and motivation
You know that feeling when no matter how much you want to do the yoga class, you simply just don’t feel like it. When your brain comes up with dozens of other things to do instead.
To keep you inspired and motivated, and to get you going, I have put together 50 of powerful yoga quotes.
Your brain loves to repeat what is familiar with, and it prefers to stay comfortable. Developing a habit takes time, the whole of science is to keep going. That’s why I trust the powerful yoga quotes in this post will inspire and motivate you to get your butt on the mat.
“Your body can do it. It is your mind you need to convince.” ~ Unknown
“Yoga is not just repetition of few postures – it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.” ~ Amit Ray
“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
“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.” ~ Joel Kramer
“Yoga is not about what you do. It is about how you do it.” ~ Adriene Mishler
“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
“At the center of your being you have the answer, you knowwho you are and you know what you want.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Most people have no idea how good their body is designed to feel.” ~ Kevin Trudeau
“Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul.” ~ Amit Ray
“I had discovered something; there was a pleasure in becoming something new. You could will yourself into a fresh shape. Now all I had to do was figure out how to do it out there, in my life.” ~ Claire Dederer
“The journey of Yoga and Meditation teaches the purpose of human life. The life is enriched with the transformation of body, mind and soul.” ~ Purvi Raniga
“Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees. ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
“Yoga is the process of eliminating pain – pain form the body, mind and the society.” ~ Amit Ray
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“Yoga is not a theory, but a journey to find inner bliss, inner joy, and reveal its magnificence.” ~ Debasish Mridha, MD
“That’s why it’s called a practice. We have to practice if it is to be of value.” ~ Peace Pilgrim
“Yoga is a method to come to a nondreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now.” ~ Osho
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” ~Etty Hittlesum
“Yoga is the artwork of awareness on the canvas of body, mind, and soul.” ~ Amit Ray
“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
“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
“Yoga is like a geologist for the soul; it can show you where to dig, and what to dig for, but the digging you must do yourself.” ~ Unknown
“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
“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
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“Yoga must not be practised to control the body: it is the opposite, it must bring freedom to the body, all the freedom it needs.” ~ Vanda Scaravelli
“Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.” ~ Jason Crandell
“The best thing you could do is master the chaos in you. You are not thrown into the fire, you are the fire.” ~ Mama Indigo
“The very heart of yoga practice is abhyasa – steady effort in the direction you want to go.” ~ Sally Kempton
“There is no age for yoga. You can start at 70, 80, because if it’s done with gravity, with the breath, you receive and you don’t go against, and you will damage the body. The first thing is not to fight yourself. Be ready to receive energy. Energy helps, breathing helps. There is no age.” ~ Vanda Scaravelli
“Remember, it doesn’t matter how deep into a posture you go. What does matter is who you are when you get there.” ~ Max Strom
“The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.” ~ T.K.V. Desikachar
“Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal…. But don’t approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain.” ~ Sri Pattabhi Jois
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built.” ~ Rumi
“Yoga is invigoration in relaxation. Freedom in routine. Confidence through self-control. Energy within and energy without.” ~ Ymber Delecto
“Keep flowing even it’s good or bad. Stillness is the ultimate result of flow, the path of yoga is to keep flowing.” ~ Yogi Vini
“You cannot control anything except your thoughts. With yoga, you do not control yourself but you harmonize with nature.” ~ Debasish Mridha
“Yoga is an effortless dance with Breath & Gravity.” ~ Vanda Scaravelli
“Yoga takes you into the present moment. The only place where life exists.” ~ Uknown
“All kidding aside, if everyone did yoga, we would have world peace.” ~ Rory Freedman
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“Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible.” ~ Bib Harper
“Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but no one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret to success.” ~ Svatmarama
“Yoga is not just a workout, it is a natural way of enhancing flexibility, calmness, clarity, and youthfulness.” ~ Debasish Mridha
“Feel the fear, and do it anyway.” ~ Amy Ippoliti
“Yoga is the science of reality.” ~ Sushil Singh
“…it’s most important to accept that your yoga poses may not look like everyone else’s. That’s okay. Just adapt the poses to your current state of being.” ~ Jessamyn Stanley
“If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter – if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.” ~ Sri.K.Pattabhi Jois
“Yoga is like music. The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
“In truth, Yoga doesn’t take time – it gives time.” ~ Ganga White
“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
“The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.” ~ T.K.V.Desikachar
“Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.” ~ Donna Farhi
“Inhale the future. Exhale the past.” ~ Unknown
Practising yoga is about loving yourself. It’s being kind to yourself. It’s accepting yourself where you are right at the moment. It’s about feeling your heart beating inside of your chest, it’s about cultivating the breath.
It takes commitment and constant practice, but that’s what the self-growth is. The most important part is to take action.
Keep Shining!
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