Top 10 Yoga Quotes

Yoga is an ancient Indian practice that integrates physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines to achieve harmony and balance. The term "yoga" comes from the Sanskrit "yuj," meaning to unite or join. It includes asanas (postures) for physical fitness, pranayama (breath control) for vitality, meditation for mental calmness, and ethical guidelines for moral living. Overall, yoga promotes well-being through improved flexibility, strength, mental clarity, and spiritual growth, aiming to unite the individual self with universal consciousness or a higher power.

Top 10 Yoga Quotes

1. "Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self."
– The Bhagavad Gita

2. "Yoga is not about touching your toes, it is what you learn on the way down."
– Jigar Gor

3. "The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness."
– Sakyong Mipham

4. "Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are."
– Jason Crandell

5. "Yoga takes you into the present moment. The only place where life exists."
– Patanjali

6. "Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind."
– Patanjali

7. "Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame."
– B.K.S. Iyengar

8. "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

9. "In truth, yoga doesn’t take time – it gives time."
– Ganga White

10. "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."
– Aadil Palkhivala