Asana Quotes

Asana Quote of the day

You are only as young as your spine is flexible.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

The asanas are useful maps to explore yourself, but they are not the territory.

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.

The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.

The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.

Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

Each asana is like a piece of music that has a certain characteristic, a certain power.

We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.

When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

Approach each asana with freshness every day.

The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.

When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small achievements in worldly life.

Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.

Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.

Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature

The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?

Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

We could go work on curing cancer. We could go work on building spaceships. We could go work on art projects. What's fun about working at Asana is we get to work on all of them at the same time.

I don't define myself by my body's ability to execute gorgeous asana anymore. I'm all about taking care of my temple and understanding that its requirements change with age and time.

Yoga has expanded beyond asana for me. It's how I live my life and currently I'm throwing myself into a meditation practice.

Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.