Yoga Inspiration Quotes

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“Yoga means addition - addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to miss out on the beauty of the miracle that is the now. All of this is yours, yet none of it is. How could it be? Look around you. Everything is fleeting.

To love and let go, love and let go, love and let go...it's the single most important thing we can learn in this lifetime.”
― Rachel Brathen

“We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“Yoga is the space where flower blossoms.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“If we become aware that someone is sending thoughts of ill will in our direction, we do not argue with the apparent reality of malice. To do so would give it more substance. We remove the personal sense of ourself and the other person.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

“The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it.”
― Donna Goddard, Love s Longing

“It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.”
― Donna Goddard, Love s Longing

“Yoga is often referred to as a moving meditation. In yoga, one goes deeply inward, connecting with the Divine while simultaneously moving the body in a beneficial and life-enhancing way. One does not force the pose or fall asleep. It is awake, reverent attention.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving

“The Yoga is in the in-between. 
It’s between each breath, each posture, each experience. It’s in the growing, the learning, the doing, and, often, the waiting. We can grow more when we lean into the in-between and see the beauty in the process.”
― Raegan Robinson

“How else can one claim one’s maternal heritage but by being blood and bone, dirt and stone?”
― Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction

“Yoga is a self religion within world. It is not a science, not a science of well-being, not a science of youthfulness, not a science of integrating body, mind and soul.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“Your greatest ignorance persists when you are unaware of your finite nature.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“Yoga means subtraction - subtraction of negative energy, weakness, and fatigue from body, mind, and soul.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“There are many paths but one goal - the goal of passion.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“Life itself is a rare occurrence.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“If someone wounds your heart, instead of understanding or reasoning or searching for the weapon, spend time, as a mother does to her baby, to care for the hole in your own heart.”
― Andrea L. Wehlann, Deeper Days: 365 Yoga-spirations for Inner Calm Amidst Chaos

“Use asana as a tool along the path, not as the body's destination.”
― Raegan Robinson

“Part of owning your power is being a spiritual warrior in life. The will to live is really the will to fight. Yoga teaches that life is not only a school but also a battlefield. You are trying to get to the top of a mountain. Progress entails taking three steps forward and slipping back two until the top is reached. This is the nature of life for everyone on the spiritual path. The most important thing is not to be a quitter. Paramahansa Yogananda, the great Indian sage, said, “A saint is a sinner who never gave up.” Part of owning your power is to keep plugging away.”
― Joshua David Stone, Soul Psychology By Stone Joshua David

“Take time during your practice to move through each posture with increased awareness of the subtlety of each moment. Notice any shifts in the breath, in sensation, in the mind.”
― Raegan Robinson

“True yoga education is not about filling minds with knowledge, but awakening the soul to its own truth. It guides you to stop imitating, start discovering, and live as your authentic self—aligned with your highest purpose”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is not about chasing perfection; it’s about embracing wholeness—being fully present, here and now. True healing begins when we live in our totality”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is more than movement; it’s a way to connect with our inner being, aligning our mind, body, and soul for a meaningful life.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga cultivates inner growth, brings awareness, compassion, and the strength to face life with clarity and grace.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“The practice of yoga is a journey inward, helping us open our hearts and live with more awareness and love in everything we do.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga self-love is a healthy diet, daily practice, forgiveness, clear intentions, and staying present .”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is freedom—the stillness beyond thoughts and emotions. For just five minutes, watch every thought and feeling that arises. See them as passing clouds, not yours to hold. In this awareness, taste the profound freedom that is already within you.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“My body is the story of my life, and there is nothing I am ashamed of anymore. It took me looking at myself in the mirror for an hour and a half daily for me to see that, for me to realize that I'm enough as I am. I'm perfect as me.”
― Georgia Clare, The Synergy Game: A Journey From Death to Life

“Yoga won't erase every illness—but it awakens a warrior within, so fierce that no illness dares linger in its light.

Happy International Day of Yoga”
― Srinivas Mishra