"Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop."
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"It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga."
"Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break."
"Yoga releases the creative potential in life."
"As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga."
"If something happens once, it may never happen again. If it happens twice it most likely will keep happening."
"Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever."
"From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind."
"It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport."
"I try to do a lot of yoga and meditation. I think now it's creating things in times of waiting."
"I started doing yoga."
"Awakening to who we really are is at the heart of yoga. . . .Yoga offers a path to this underlying field of being, which is the source of creativity, fulfillment, and abundance."
"For what we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera."
"I fully expect to be doing yoga for the rest of my life."
"I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning and practicing methods to neutralize the harmful effects of stress on the body and mind. There are many possibilities, anything from meditation and yoga to listening to relaxing music. My personal favorite is simple breathing techniques - they're very effective, take very little time, and they're free."
"Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect."
"Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling."
"Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult."
"If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong."
"When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast."