#yoga

The purification of the mind is very necessary. (72) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#purification #purity #yoga

Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104) ↗

— Ravi Ravindra

#balance #feminine #masculine #receptive #yoga

Temples and churches have become social centers. They have lost their original purpose because the minds of the people are more attracted to worldly things than to prayer. The lips repeat the prayer mechanically like a phonograph record, but the mind wanders to other places. (23-24) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#prayer #purpose-of-prayer #temples #yoga

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. ↗

— B.K.S. Iyengar

#mental-health

Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#also #body #changes #doing #dramatic

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#gym #i #personal #training #yoga

I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#after #ballet #beautiful #beautiful things #been

Don't Worry Be Happy ↗

— Meher Baba

#life #nonmind-yoga #perfect-masters #poetry #sufi

I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#eyes #green #i #like #meditate

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness. ↗

— Indra Devi

#constant #fear #free #freedom #loneliness