Here on Brainy Gains, we are often talking about the benefits of yoga with weight loss but there’s a whole world of yoga to help you in so many areas of your life. We’ve compiled a huge list of yoga quotes to help you get more out of your yoga practice and life!
Our favorite yoga quotes
“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
Yoga Quotes for Asana Practice and Health
“The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible is not the goal. Standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.” – Rachel Brathen, Yoga Girl
“My body is filled with healing energy” – Unknown
“The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.” – BKS Iyengar
“Illness begins with “I”, Wellness begins with “- Swami Sivananda
Yoga is like music. The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul creates the symphony of life.” B.K.S. Iyengar
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.” B.K.S. Iyengar
“Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is what you learn on the way down.” -Jigar Gor
“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” – Anonymous
“Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.” – Patanjali
“Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
“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
“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
“The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.” – B.K.S Iyengar
“The yoga pose you avoid the most you need the most.” – Anonymous
“Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won’t feel like your first.” – Gina Greenlee
“I’d rather wear out than rust out. Daily movement is the key” – Anonymous
“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
“Usually, when people hear the term Yoga, many of them associate it with various physical exercises where they need to twist, turn and stretch their body in complex ways that are known as Asanas, but this is only one type of Yoga, called “Hatha-Yoga”. In reality, Yoga is an umbrella term for various physical and mental exercises that lead to the overall well-being of a person.”- Abhijit Naskar
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Yoga Quotes for Happiness
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.” – Swami Sivananda
“The secret to having it all is knowing you already do.” Unknown
“I practice gratitude to access joy.” – Brene Brown
“There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.” – Gautama Buddha
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” – Paramhansa Yogananda
“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.” Iyengar
“Be, don’t try to become” – Osho
“The more light you shine into the world, the more you can help others with your very presence.” – Max Strom
“Yoga is the process of eliminating pain – pain form the body, mind and the society.” – Amit Ray
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” -B.K.S. Iyengar
“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Anonymous
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
“Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.” – Indra Devi
Yoga Quotes for Meditation
Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness, it’s about creating an emotional clearing to allow ourselves to feel, think, dream, and question.” – Brene Brown
“The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.” – Sakyong Mipham
“The highest spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment.” – Swami Kripalu
Yoga Quotes for Success
“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.” – Swami Sivananda
“You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become.” – The Bhagavad Gita
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.” – Swami Sivananda
“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.” – Osho
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do” – John Wooden
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” – The Bhagavad Gita
“Yoga begins right where I am – not where I was yesterday or where I long to be.” – Linda Sparrowe
Yoga Quotes for Mindfulness
“Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.” Patanjali
“Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.” Patanjali
“Yoga is the dance of every cell with the music of every breath that creates inner serenity and harmony.” – Debasish Mridha
“Inhale the future, exhale the past.” – Anonymous
“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Anonymous
“As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings.” – Dalai Lama
Our final yoga quote
“All kidding aside, if everyone did yoga, we would have world peace.” – Rory Freedman
