Yoga Quote of the Month

"Yoga's greatest gift is the vulnerability that fills your tender heart after a deep practice session and the spiritual strength that gives you the benefit of unflappable faith and devotion." ~ Kino MacGregor, Yoga Teacher

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes." ~ Etty Hillesum, writer

"Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." ~ Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931

"Yoga is the bringing together of that which was never separate." ~ Richard Miller, Yoga Teacher

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart." ~Carl Jung

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." ~ Phyllis Diller

"As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is "AUTHENTICITY"." ~ Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday

"It has taken us our entire lives to arrive at this moment. That all we have is this moment and that love is everything." ~ An interpretation of Patanjali's sutra Atha yoga anushasanam

"The practice itself, done consistently and accurately, is the real teacher." ~ Tim Miller, Yoga Teacher

"Yoga asks you to make peace with the deepest, most terrifying parts of yourself and then make that same peace with the external world." ~ Kino MacGregor, Yoga Teacher

Yoga asks you to make peace with the deepest, most terrifying parts of yourself and then make that same peace with the external world.
~ Kino MacGregor, Yoga Teacher

"Without the Yamas, known as the ethical rules, there is no success in Yoga" ~ Sri Dharma Mittra, Master Yoga Teacher

"Breathe in a smile; breathe out a chuckle. (You can do it.) " ~ Cheri Huber, Zen Teacher

"Through the development of inner knowledge your actions will become pure and then your consciousness, your mind will become graceful and benevolent like an offering." ~ David Garrigues

"What is uttered from the heart alone, will win the hearts of others to your own." ~ Goethe

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." ~ Denis Waitley

"For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth." ~ Sanskrit Proverb

"Life energy cannot flow when you grip too tightly and when you relax you allow life to flow through you." ~ Kino McGregor

"The soul is here for its own joy." ~ Rumi

"The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt." ~ Frederick Buechner, American writer and theologian

"You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone." ~ Thich Nhat Han, Zen Buddhist Monk

"Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being." ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Teacher

"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~ Howard Thurman, Philosopher

"Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha, Tat Savitur Varenyam, Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat. Om. Earth. Atmosphere. Heaven. May we focus our awareness on the alluring radiance of the rising sun, the Vivifier; may it inspire our thoughts and meditations." ~ Savitri Gayatri mantra, Interpreted by Christopher D. Wallis, Sanskrit Scholar