120 Motivational Yoga Quotes

120 Motivational Yoga Quotes To Inspire Any Yogi

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  1. “Just Breathe”

  2. “Desire, ask, believe, receive.” ~ Stella Terrill Mann

  3. ‎”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

  4. “You are one yoga class away from a good mood” ~ Aloyoga

  5. “Happiness does not depend on what you have or what you are, it solely relies on what you think” ~ Buddha

  6. “Do what makes your soul happy”

  7. “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.”

  8. “Letting go is the hardest Asana”

  9. “Desire, ask, believe, receive.” ~ Stella Terrill Mann

  10.  “Expect nothing and appreciate everything”

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  12. “Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.” ~ Krishnamacharya

  13. “The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one’s heart.” ~ Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

  14. “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

  15. “The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  16. “To conquer the unknown you must trust.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  17.  “When you are far away from reality, your fantasy won’t work.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  18. “The world is the gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.” ~ Swami Vivekananda

  19. “For me, yoga is not just a workout – it’s about working on yourself.” ~ Mary Glover

  20. “Where there is love there is no question.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  21. “Expect nothing and appreciate everything”

  22. “Practice and all is coming.” ~ Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

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

  24. “Aflower does not think of competing with the flower next to it, it just blooms”

  25. “When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  26. “The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  27. “Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring at the door. Keep knocking, and eventually the joy inside will look out to see who is there.”

  28. “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

  29. “There is nothing outside of us. It’s all in us.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  30. “Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be serious about who you are.” ~ Jason Crandell

  31. “ Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built.” ~ Rumi

  32. “First month paining, second month tired, third month flying.” ~ Sharath Jois

  33. “So please ask yourself, what would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go and do it.” ~ Sheryl Sandburg

  34. “Reasons why I’m currently alive-Yoga, Coffee, Wine-But not necessarily in that order!”

  35. “Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.” ~ B.K.S Iyengar

  36. “The very heart of yoga practice is abhyasa – steady effort in the direction you want to go.” ~ Sally Kempton

  37. “Breathe through it, and release anything that does not serve you.”

  38. “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.” ~ Sharon Gannon

  39. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” ~ Rumi

  40. “An object is known or unknown dependent on whether or not the mind gets colored by it” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  41. ”In the darkness, I am light.”

  42. “Any belief, whatever it is, is counterproductive in the context of the practice of yoga. One holds a belief instead of knowing. For example, you wouldn’t say you believe in your right ear, since you know your ear, no belief is required. Believing always excludes knowing. When jnana (supreme knowledge) comes through the practice of yoga, you will know. Do not be satisfied with believing.” ~ Gregor Maehle

  43. “The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.” ~ B.K.S Iyengar

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

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  46. “Everyone can do Ashtanga. Except lazy people.” Sharath Jois

  47.  “It’s not life that matters, it’s the courage you bring to it.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  48. “Hope is not a prediction of the future, it’s a declaration of what is possible.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  49. “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen, you may learn something new.” ~ Dalai Lama

  50. “Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.”

  51. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Gandhi

  52. “Remember the emphasis on the heart. The mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.” ~ Osho

  53. “Body is not stiff. Mind is stiff.” ~ Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

  54. “Make an attitude to be in gratitude, you will find the whole Universe will come to you.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  55. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor E. Frankl

  56.  “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” ~ Rumi

  57. “If your presence doesn’t work, neither will your word.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  58. ”The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind & the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  59. “He shining, everything shines through him.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  60. “When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  61. “Only the minds born of meditation [the artificially created ones] are free from karmic impressions” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  62. “Let your practice be a celebration of life” ~ Seido lee deBarros

  63. “In stillness all conflict must end.” ~ Phillip Urso

  64. “Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  65. “Be inspired but not proud.” ~ B.K.S Iyengar

  66. ‎”The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind & the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  67. “The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.” ~ Yoga Sutra

  68.  “No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  69. “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built.” ~ Rumi

  70. “The pose begins when you want to leave it.”

  71. “Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.” ~ Yoga Sutras

  72. “It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.” ~ Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

  73. “If I’m losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga.” ~ Terri Guillemets

  74. “In stillness all conflict must end.” ~ Phillip Urso

  75. “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”

  76. “It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.” ~ B.K.S Iyengar

  77. “The art of happiness is to serve all, and all shall serve you.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  78. “Have a kind heart, fierce mind and a brave spirit.” ~ Aloyoga

  79. “When we can remove the masks of our own making, then the one who has been longing to be seen sees itself unbounded, just as it is.”

  80. ‎”To perform every action artfully is yoga.” ~ Swami Kripalu

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  82. “Yoga is the art work of awareness on the canvas of body, mind, and soul.” ~ Amit Ray

  83. “When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  84. ”Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

  85. “The soul is here for its own joy.” ~ Rumi

  86. “Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  87. “Don’t forget to breathe!”

  88. “Stirum sukham asanam. Seated posture should be steady and comfortable.” ~ Yoga Sutra

  89. “This yoga should be practiced with firm determination and perseverance, without any mental reservation or doubts.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  90. “Smiling is mouth yoga.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

  91. “The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.” ~ Rodney Yee

  92. ”The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.” ~ Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

  93. “Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success.” ~ Svatmarama

  94.  “Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred and clinging to bodily life are the five obstacles.” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  95. “A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves.” ~ Jay Fields

  96. Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu. May all beings everywhere be happy and free and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.”

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

  98. “Make yourself so happy so that when others look at you they become happy too.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  99. “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

  100. “Yoga, as a way of life and a philosophy, can be practiced by anyone with inclination to undertake it, for yoga belongs to humanity as a whole. It is not the property of any one group or any one individual, but can be followed by any and all, in any corner of the globe, regardless of class, creed or religion.” ~ Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

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  102.  “Creation is ready to serve you, if you just be you.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  103.  “There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

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

  105.  “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ~ Rumi

  106. “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~ Rumi

  107.  “One of the fundamental principles of yoga: a small action done repeatedly can make an enormous difference.” ~ Dr Timothy McCall

  108. “Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  109. “It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

  110. “Healing is the end of conflict with yourself” ~ Stephanie Gailing

  111.  “Since the desire to live is eternal, impressions are also beginningless” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  112. “By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  113. “Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind.” ~ Patanjali-The Yoga Sutras

  114. “Life is so much simpler when you stop explaining yourself to people and just do what works for you”

  115. “Prayer without heart is a waste to time.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

  116. “The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

  117. “Yoga is not just repetition of few postures – it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.” ~ Amit Ray

  118. “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

  119. “Open your hands if you want to be held.” ~ Rumi

  120. “Today I will not stress over things I cannot control”

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