Yoga Teachers Quotes

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“Peace is the foundation of yoga. Karma yoga is the effort for bringing peace and happiness in the world.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“The purpose of karma yoga is to transcend the bondage of selfish genes through the service of others.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“Teaching yoga itself is great karma yoga, because it reconnects people to the source.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“Yoga is the ultimate fusion of science and spirituality.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“The less I'm in a hurry, the quicker the results seem to happen. With patience, the quality of my experience has a depth that can't be measured bon the clock, but by the timelessness of my experience.”
― Baron Baptiste, Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice

“Teaching should not be confused with personal practice.”
― Gudjon Bergmann, Create a Safe Space: An Inspirational Guidebook for Yoga Teachers who want to Further Serve their Students

“Life on the Mat

“I roll it out and step inside a world of self-discovery, mine.
Here is where I challenge myself, to learn just how to be myself…
to grow and reach and stretch and sweat,
I push my boundaries, no regrets.

For this is where I seem to be, a stronger, better newer me.
And when my body’s fully spent, my spirit takes a forward step,

I contemplate the wisdom’s known,
relinquished now, in Child’s pose.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Lead Us To A Place: Your Spiritual Journey Through Life's Seasons

“From scientific evidence and analysis, it is clear that yoga was originated in India around 5500 BCE, much before the Vedas.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“Yoga is often referred to as a moving meditation. In yoga, one goes deeply inward, connecting with the Divine while simultaneously moving the body in a beneficial and life-enhancing way. One does not force the pose or fall asleep. It is awake, reverent attention.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving

“Each movement can be a meditation — a way for us to turn inward and connect with our bodies on a deeper level.”
― Raegan Robinson

“She tried to do what the Equinox yoga instructor said to do and thank each thought for coming then let it float away, but the thoughts were not floating away and she couldn't force them away, not even here, where she was supposed to be able to escape.”
― Stephanie Clifford, Everybody Rise

“Even the Master, in one way or another, is a student throughout life.”
― Fakeer Ishavardas

“If you're a yoga teacher, I'm certain that your students will show up not for what your poses, your body, your practice looks like, not because you are the most innovative or brilliant or beautiful (though, I assure you, you are innovative, brilliant, and beautiful), but because you’re the only one who can teach like you, whose journey has led you exactly to this moment. And, I assure you, whatever you’ve got and whatever got you here—

embrace it.

We need your message.”
― Ashley Asti, A Yoga Teacher's Guide to Creative Living

“Don't give the world what anyone else has got. Give what only you, uniquely, have to share.”
― Ashley Asti, A Yoga Teacher's Guide to Creative Living

“Because we are co-creators, because we feel each other’s energy, because we are linked—what matters most when you teach is not the flawlessness of your delivery. Not your poise or whether you remembered every line you planned to say or every pose in your yoga sequence.

No, it’s not your perfection, it’s your kindness.”
― Ashley Asti, A Yoga Teacher's Guide to Creative Living

“Yoga is not killing the mind or making it dead or Stoney, but it is making the mind divine, compassionate and deeply peaceful, so that it can merge with the Infinity.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

“In Yin Yoga, your mat is your meditation cushion.”
― Sagel Urlacher, Yin Yoga & Meditation

“You are a miracle of consciousness, a heart beating in your beautiful body, enabling you to perceive and receive this stream of sensory information with appreciation and awe. You, too, are pulsing with energy, activated by the very same Elements animating the stars. Pause to consciously acknowledge the wondrous amalgamation you are, a compilation of complex biological systems that motor your movements inside and out, persistently powering your physical and mental processes, keeping you awake and alive, brimming with potential as a being of peace and of love.”
― Sagel Urlacher, Yin Yoga & Meditation

“If someone wounds your heart, instead of understanding or reasoning or searching for the weapon, spend time, as a mother does to her baby, to care for the hole in your own heart.”
― Andrea L. Wehlann, Deeper Days: 365 Yoga-spirations for Inner Calm Amidst Chaos

“Use asana as a tool along the path, not as the body's destination.”
― Raegan Robinson

“Take time during your practice to move through each posture with increased awareness of the subtlety of each moment. Notice any shifts in the breath, in sensation, in the mind.”
― Raegan Robinson

“True yoga education is not about filling minds with knowledge, but awakening the soul to its own truth. It guides you to stop imitating, start discovering, and live as your authentic self—aligned with your highest purpose”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is not about chasing perfection; it’s about embracing wholeness—being fully present, here and now. True healing begins when we live in our totality”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is more than movement; it’s a way to connect with our inner being, aligning our mind, body, and soul for a meaningful life.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga cultivates inner growth, brings awareness, compassion, and the strength to face life with clarity and grace.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“The practice of yoga is a journey inward, helping us open our hearts and live with more awareness and love in everything we do.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga self-love is a healthy diet, daily practice, forgiveness, clear intentions, and staying present .”
― Deep A Yogi Friend

“Yoga is freedom—the stillness beyond thoughts and emotions. For just five minutes, watch every thought and feeling that arises. See them as passing clouds, not yours to hold. In this awareness, taste the profound freedom that is already within you.”
― Deep A Yogi Friend