100 Best Yoga Inspirational Quotes to Realize how important Yoga is for Your Life

1. Here and now is where yoga begins. The Yoga Sutras

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2. Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. The Bhagavad Gita

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3. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Rumi

4. The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being. Sri Aurobindo

5. The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga. Yogi Bhajan

6. Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. B.K.S Iyengar

7. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Rumi

8. Your own Self-realisation is the greatest service you can render the world. Ramana Maharishi

9. The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind is a block in the flow of intelligence. Swami Nithyananda

10. The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail. Ramakrishna Paramahansa

11. Yoga is a method to come to a non-dreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now. Osho

12. No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Ramana Maharishi

13. Surrender is the ultimate technique to merge with existence. Swami Nithyananda

14. Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything. Thich Nhat Hanh

15. We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. Thich Nhat Hanh

16. The purpose of yoga is to stop the misery before it comes. Patanjali

17. Yoga is not just an exercise, it is how skilfully you can communicate and how skilfully you can act in any given situation. Sri Sri Ravishankhar

18. Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame. BKS Iyengar

19. The very heart of yoga practice is ‘abyhasa’ – steady effort in the direction you want to go. Sally Kempton

20. Yoga means addition – addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul. Amit Ray

21. Calming the mind is yoga. Not just standing on the head. Swami Satchidananda

22. Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. Patanjali

23. Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory. Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

24. Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible. Bob Harper

25. Yoga is invigoration in relaxation. Freedom in routine. Confidence through self-control. Energy within and energy without. Ymber Delecto

26. A mind free from all disturbances is yoga. Patanjali

27. The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body. Jason Crandell

28. Yoga does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees. BKS Iyengar

29. Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists. Patanjali

30. Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life. B.K.S Iyengar

31. Yoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are. Erich Schiffmann

32. Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body. Mariel Hemingway

33. In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless. T. Krishnamacharya

34. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi

35. Yoga is the heritage of the past and the culture of tomorrow. Swami Satyananda

36. 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

37. The purpose of karma yoga is to transcend the bondage of selfish genes through the service of others. Amit Ray

38. This calm steadiness of the senses is called yoga. Then one should become watchful, becomes yoga comes and go. Katha Upanishad

39. Teaching yoga itself is great karma yoga, because it reconnects people to the source. Amit Ray

40. Illness begins with “I”, Wellness begins with “we. Swami Sivananda

41. The longest journey begins with a single step. Patanjali

42. The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites. Patanjali

43. The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself. BKS Iyengar

44. If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga. Swami Satchidananda

45. A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms. Zen shin

46. If you are in a state of all-inclusive passion, we call this yoga. Sadhguru

47. There is always room for change, but you have to be open to that change. Kathryn Budig

48. Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi

49. Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. Swami Sivananda

50. Change only happens in the present moment. The past is already done. The future is just energy and intention. Kino MacGregor

51. You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. Wayne dyer

52. Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer’s own form. Patanjali

53. The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness. Sakyong Mipham

54. Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind. Patanjali

55. What you seek is seeking you. Rumi

56. Yoga does not transform the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees. B.K.S. Iyengar

57. Yoga is not about what you do. It is about how you do it. Adriene Mishler

58. Without proper breathing, the yoga postures are nothing more than calisthenics. Rachel Schaeffer

59. In our uniquely human capacity of connect movement with breath and spiritual meaning, yoga is born. Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

60. The quality of our breath expresses our inner feeling. T.K.V. Desikachar

61. Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside of you. Rumi

62. I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers. B.K.S. Iyengar

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

64. Yoga is the study of balance, and balance is the aim of all living creatures: it is our home. Rolf Gates

65. Yoga has sly, clever ways of short circuiting the mental patterns that cause anxiety. Baxter Bell

66. The chakras are very intelligent. They are like the software of the whole computer body. Dharma Mittra

67. Yoga is essentially a practice for your soul, working through the medium of your body. Tara Fraser

68. Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight. Ajahn Brahm

69. Practicing yoga during the day is a matter of keeping your eyes on the road and one ear turned toward the infinite. Erich Schiffmann

70. You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour. Old Zen Saying

71. Chair pose is a defiance of spirit, showing how high you can reach even when you’re forced down. Terri Guillemets

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

73. Everyone can do Ashtanga. Except lazy people. Sharath Jois

74. As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings. Dalai Lama

75. Yoga begins right where I am – not where I was yesterday or where I long to be. Linda Sparrowe

76. First month paining, second month tired, third month flying. Sharath Jois

77. Yoga is not about tightening your ass. It’s about getting your head out of it. Eric Paskel

78. Yoga is almost like music in a way; there’s no end to it. Sting

79. To perform every action artfully is yoga. Swami Kripalu

80. Be kinder to yourself, and then let your kindness flood the world. Pema Chodron

81. Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are. Jason Crandell

82. The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind. Rodney Yee

83. Yoga exists in the world because everything is linked. Desikashar

84. Yoga is just gymnastics for uncoordinated people. Claire Dederer

85. You are the sky, everything else is just the weather. Pema Chodron

86. Yoga takes us to the present moment, the only place where life exists. Ellen Brenneman

87. Your soul is your best friend. Treat it with care, nurture it with growth, feed it with love. Ashourina Yalda

88. Anybody can breathe. Therefore anybody can practice yoga. T.K.V. Desikachar

89. Yoga teaches more than postures; it teaches you how to trust. Kathryn E.

90. Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. Giovanni Papini

91. The yoga pose you avoid the most you need the most. Anonymous

92. For those wounded by civilization, yoga is the most healing salve. T. Guillemets

93. All kidding aside, if everyone did yoga, we would have world peace. Rory Freedman

94. Yoga is not about self improvement, it’s about self acceptance. Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

95. What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me. Helen Keller

96. Beyond meditation there is the experience of now. Ryan Parenti

97. Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. Jeremy Taylor

98. Yoga accepts. Yoga gives. April Vallei

99. Wellness is a connection of paths: knowledge and action. Joshua Welch