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

“Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself.” – Sri Dharma Mittra

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

“I think it’s interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It’s being receptive.” – Cyndi Lee

“Yoga begins with listening. When we listen, we are giving space to what is.” – Richard Freeman

“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.” – Joel Kramer

“The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible is not the goal. Standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.” – Rachel Brathen, Yoga Girl

“Yoga is not about self-improvement. It’s about self-acceptance.” – Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

“Yoga exists in the world because everything is linked.” – T.T.K.V. Desikachar

“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” – The Bhagavad Gita

“The soul is here for its own joy.” – Rumi

“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

“The attitude of gratitude is the highest form of yoga.” – Yogi Bhajan

“Yoga is not for the flexible. It’s for the willing.” – Anonymous

“My biggest struggles have been my biggest teachers.” -Kathryn Budig

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

Yoga is the ultimate practice. It simultaneously stimulates our inner light and quiets our overactive minds. It is both energy and rest. Yin and Yang. We feel the burn and find our bliss.” – Beachbody Yoga Expert Elis Joa

“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 Gate

“I bend so I don’t break.” – Anonymous

“That’s exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.” -Rodney Yee