Cyndi Lee > Quotes

“Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event.”
― Cyndi Lee

“See if you can approach your own practice with a healthy combination of mindfulness, playfulness, precision, and curiosity”
― Cyndi Lee

“Vinyasa has three parts: arising, abiding, and dissolving. And the dissolving of one thing is the arising of the next. Every day turns into night turns into day. Winter becomes spring becomes summer becomes autumn becomes winter. Waves roll in and slip back out, tides ebb and flow. Every breath is like this. Every life is like this.

Each flower buds, ripens, and blooms, wilts and fades away. The leaves fall to the earth and create the ground for a new plant to grow.

The Sanskrit word vinyasa means "to place in a special way". It means that everything is connected and the sequence of things matters. It means that every action, thought, or word that arises now is planting the seed for future fruit. "In a special way" means the unfolding of life is logical. If you plant a tomato seed, you will get a tomato. If you plant an apple seed and you wait long enough, you will get an apple tree. And if you plant a hard thought, you will get a hard heart.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“read that according to Shinto, the ancient religion of Japan, the invisible space of a doorway is what both separates and unites two opposite worlds. It is still everyday tradition for a visitor approaching someone’s home to call out, “Ojama shimasu.” Used in the same way, we might say, “May I come in?” The literal translation is, “I am about to disturb you.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“no choice was wrong except the one that was imposed on us.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“We only attract people to us that we can help.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“Yoga, like meditation, offers a method for coming together after you’ve come apart.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“The Sanskrit word vinyasa means “to place in a special way.” It means that everything is connected and the sequence of things matters. It means that every action, thought, or word that arises now is planting the seed for future fruit. “In a special way” means the unfolding of life is logical. If you plant a tomato seed, you will get a tomato. If you plant an apple seed and you wait long enough, you will get an apple tree. And if you plant a hard thought, you will get a hard heart.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind

“Feeling the motion of an earthquake even when there isn’t one is called jishin yoi, which means “earthquake drunk.”
― Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind