Yogatraditionen är full av visdom och kloka tankar som kan inspirera oss, både på och utanför yogamattan. Här är 13 minnesvärda citat om vad yoga är från B.K.S. Iyengar, Patanjali, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Jason Crandell, Swami Kripalu, Petri Räisänen, Amit Ray, Cyndi Lee och texten Bhagavad Gita.
“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
“Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.” ~ Patañjali
“A mind free from all disturbances is Yoga.“ ~ Patañjali
”Yoga is not about self-improvement, it’s about self-acceptance.” ~ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
“Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
”To perform every action artfully is yoga.” ~ Swami Kripalu
”Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.” ~ Jason Crandell
”Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
“When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is yoga.” ~ Petri Räisänen
“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
“Yoga is not about touching your toes. It’s about unlocking your ideas about what you want, where you think you can go, and how you will achieve when you get there.” ~ Cyndi Lee
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” ~ Bhagavad Gita
“Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer’s own form.” ~ Patañjali