Kelly DiNardo > Quotes

“Concentration is uniting the mind with one place, object, or idea for spiritual awakening.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“Yoga is the mastery of the mind’s fluctuations.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“When we feel deprived we try to make it right, and that makes it easier to rationalize our behavior. It’s easier to say I need this. I deserve this. But Patanjali says the opposite is true: If we don’t take what isn’t ours (asteya), we will flourish.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“The greatest adventure of our lives is discovering our true nature, who we really are. We may meander on our journey, but the path forward is always there.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“By caring for the soul faithfully, every day, we step out of the way and let our full genius emerge.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“It isn’t about woman degrading herself, exposing herself, becoming a piece of meat. It’s something quite different. It’s woman actually being elevated to goddess, which is why she must stop talking. It’s beyond words. It’s beyond the reach of language or logic.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

“If I work harder, I’ll be successful. If I’m successful, I’ll be happier. This is how most of us think. When I have this, when I achieve this, I will be happy. But often when we do get what we’ve been striving for, we move the goalposts. We get caught in a cycle of wanting for things, for accomplishments, for experiences.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“Seduction foils all systems of power.[”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

“In the simplest terms, the more of yoga is a life of ease, contentment, and purpose.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat

“I really do think there’s a mystique of women taking off their clothes that feminist discourse has never really caught up to. It isn’t about woman degrading herself, exposing herself, becoming a piece of meat. It’s something quite different. It’s woman actually being elevated to goddess, which is why she must stop talking. It’s beyond words. It’s beyond the reach of language or logic.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique