131 Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes (Empowering)
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Best Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong. Sarah Dessen
I found an inner strength to fight for myself. It was clear that nobody else would. Tehmina Durrani
For those wounded by civilization, yoga is the most healing salve. T. Guillemets
Courage is not absent of fear. Courage is your willingness to push through fear in spite of feeling it. Be brave because you can. Wesam Fawzi
Concentrating on poses clears the mind, while focusing on the breath helps the body shift out of fight or flight mode. Melanie Haiken Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. Dalai Lama
For me, yoga is not just a workout it’s about working on yourself. Mary Glover
Warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus. You see that there is no war within you. You’re on your own side, and you are your own strength. Terri Guillemets
Yoga means addition; addition of energy, strength, and beauty to body, mind, and soul. Amit Ray
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world. B.K.S. Iyengar
Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. Katherine Dunham
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
You have power over your mind-not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look. Marcus Aurelius
Pain is temporary, the pain you feel today is only to get strength to face tomorrow. Sivaprakash Sidhu
Mountain pose is an affirmation. You can conquer anything with your natural boldness and resolute strength. Only you can reach the peak of your success. Terri Guillemets
You have to stretch your soul to find your potential strength. Lailah Gifty Akita
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. Zen Shin
Courage is asking for a time out, to shed a tear, to dust yourself off, and then getting back in the ring to fight like you’ve never fought before.
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Thich Nhat Hanh Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul. Carlos Barrios
From this point forward, you don’t even know how to quit in life. Aaron Lauritsen
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul. Rumi
A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves. T. Guillemets
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. Mary Anne Radmacher
Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou
Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move. Osho
Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude. Deepak Chopra
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity. B.K.S. Iyengar
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. Vivian Greene
Meditation is a mysterious method of selfrestoration…A meditation can be as simple as taking a series of easy breaths, and slowly, gently counting to ten in your mind. Vera Nazarian Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it. Emery Lord
Remember it’s not a competition! Yoga can even be advantageous for those who struggle with flexibility, such as people living with back pain.
She remembered who she was and the game changed. Lalah Delia
Someday you’re gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. Elizabeth Gilbert
Sun salutations can energize and warm you, even on the darkest, coldest winter day. Carol Krucoff
That’s why it’s called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value. Allan Lokos
Short Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Decide you want it more than you are afraid of it.
Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind. Patanjali
Letting go is the hardest asana.
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. Rumi
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Otto Rank
The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha
Courage helps us get out of quiet desperation.
The yoga pose you avoid the most you need the most.
You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside. Lisa Kleypas Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
The sun shines not on us but in us. John Muir
Every shortcut is an illusion. T.K.S Desikachar
Yoga adds years to your life and life to your years. Alan Finger
The breath is a wonder drug T.K.S Desikachar
Do your practice, and all is coming. Sri K Patthabi Jois
A good half of the art of living is resilience. Alain de Botton
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. Maya Angelou
Inner Strength Yoga Quotes (for Women)
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind. Rodney Yee
The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough. Amy Weintraub
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn’t have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can’t practice Ashtanga yoga. Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
When you stop and really look, you see that you are supported continuously in literally countless ways. This is the highest lesson of yoga, the truth of interbeing, of no separation. Frank Jude Boccio
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin
Remember, it doesn’t matter how deep into a posture you go; what does matter is who you are when you get there. Max Strom Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties! Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga will always be transformational, even when it stops being cool. Victoria Moran
When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Jack Kornfield
Meditation is realizing and expanding your inner beauty in every direction. Amit Ray
Yoga is not a workout it is a workin, and this is the point of spiritual practice to make us teachable to open up our hearts and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are. Rolf Gates
Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists. Patanjali
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility, and joy. B. K. S. Iyengar
Yoga begins right where I am not where I was yesterday or where I long to be. Linda Sparrowe
One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with and attitude of devotion. Yoga Sutra I.
The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses. C. JoyBell C.
The longest journey of any person is the journey inward. Dag Hammarskjold
Yoga is not to be performed; it is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; it cares about the person you are becoming. Aadil Palkhivala
It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. Etty Hillesum
Courage helps us become the version of ourselves we really want to become.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced. Swami Vivekananda Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Yoga does not ask you to be more than you are. But it does ask you to be all that you are. Bryan Kest
Yoga has a sly, clever way of short circuiting the mental patterns that cause anxiety. Baxter Bell
Elevate. Each day, live to elevate yourself, each day elevate one person. Make elevation your religion and you shall reach infinity. Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness. Indra Devi
Courage is when you dig deep inside yourself to find the strength to do things you didn’t think you could do.
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. Dr. Amit Ray
Whatever you do in life, yoga shows you how to do it better. Chuck Miller
Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love. Amit Ray
When one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks
The Buddha taught that most problems if only you give them enough time and space will eventually wear themselves out. Elizabeth Gilbert
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo–far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. Jodi Picoult
Your soul is your best friend. Treat it with care, nurture it with growth, feed it with love. Ashourina Yalda
True meditation is about being fully present with everything that is, including discomfort and challenges. It is not an escape from life. Craig Hamilton
Yoga is the dance of every cell with the music of every breath that creates inner serenity and harmony. Debasish Mridha Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Yoga is when every cell in the body sings the song of the soul. B. K. S. Iyengar
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. Wayne Dyer
Inspiring Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. Elisabeth KüblerRoss
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. Deepak Chopra
The harmonizing of opposing forces is a key aspect of yoga. Tara Fraser
With yoga, we become aware of how and where we are restricted in body, mind, and heart and how gradually to open and release these blockages. As these blockages are cleared, our energy is freed. We start to feel more harmonious, more at one with ourselves. Our lives begin to flow or we begin to flow more in our lives. Cybele Tomlinson
The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while, there’s no war, and then there’s another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy personand where’s the good in that? Elizabeth Gilbert
You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An allpowerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a tshirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was. Anthon St. Maarten
Gratitude is an opener of lockedup blessings. Marianne Williamson
Yoga is a way of getting totally drunk not on alcohol but on life. Sadhguru
Courage helps us face situations that may seem uncomfortable or even unbearable.
Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible. Bob Harper
Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. Bhagavad Gita
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control. Elizabeth Gilbert Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
To keep the body in good health is a duty… Otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. Tao Te Ching
Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. Steve Maraboli
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie
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
Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself. Dharma Mittra
Yoga practice can make us more sensitive to subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind. Ravi Ravindra
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Paramahansa Yogananda
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. Vincent van Gogh
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in daytoday life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions. B.K.S. Iyengar
Your strength doesn’t come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level. Germany Kent
When the breath wanders, the mind is also unsteady. But when the breath is calmed, the mind too will be still. Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees. B. K. S. Iyengar Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. Nelson Mandela
Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame. B. K. S. Iyengar
True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Aadil Palkhivala
Yoga is not gymnastics or competition. The goal is not to achieve an outwardly perfect form through exercise ambition but rather to experience your own spirituality and the interaction of body and mind in each pose. Athanasios Karta Singh
Yoga is really trying to liberate us from… shame about our bodies. To love your body is a very important thing I think the health of your mind depends on your being able to love your body. Rodney Yee
Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation. Elizabeth Gilbert
The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body. Jason Crandell
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to overindulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny. B.K.S Iyengar
Your treasure your perfection is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart. Elizabeth Gilbert
Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied. Aadil Palkhivala Positive Inner Strength Yoga Quotes
Practicing gratitude has deep roots in yoga practice, encouraging compassionate and mindful behaviors.
Finding Balance in Chaos Through Yoga
In today’s fast-paced world, where demands and distractions abound, finding a sense of balance and inner peace can often feel like an elusive goal. Yet, amidst life’s chaos, yoga stands as a beacon of hope, offering practitioners a path to cultivate equilibrium and strength from within. Through the practice of yoga, individuals are guided to navigate the turbulence of life with grace, poise, and resilience.
One of the fundamental teachings of yoga is the importance of balance – not just in physical postures, but also in mental, emotional, and spiritual realms. On the mat, practitioners learn to find stability and steadiness in challenging poses, mirroring the skills needed to navigate the ups and downs of everyday life. By cultivating physical balance, yogis also cultivate mental balance, learning to remain centered and grounded amidst chaos.
Central to the practice of yoga is the cultivation of mindfulness – the practice of being fully present in the moment without judgment. Through mindful awareness of breath and body, practitioners learn to anchor themselves in the present moment, letting go of worries about the past or anxieties about the future. This presence of mind allows individuals to respond to life’s challenges with clarity and composure, rather than react impulsively out of fear or stress.
Yoga also teaches the importance of surrender and acceptance – recognizing that there are aspects of life beyond our control, and learning to let go of attachment to outcomes. In the midst of chaos, rather than resisting or fighting against the current, yogis learn to flow with it, trusting in their inner strength and resilience to carry them through.
Another key aspect of finding balance in chaos through yoga is the cultivation of self-care practices. In the rush of daily life, it’s easy to neglect our own well-being in favor of meeting external demands. However, yoga encourages practitioners to prioritize self-care, whether through mindful movement, meditation, or simply taking moments of stillness to recharge and replenish.
Ultimately, the practice of yoga offers a sanctuary amidst life’s chaos – a sacred space where individuals can find solace, strength, and inner peace. By cultivating balance in body, mind, and spirit, yogis develop resilience that extends far beyond the confines of the mat, empowering them to navigate life’s challenges with grace and equanimity. In a world where chaos may reign, yoga stands as a steadfast ally, guiding practitioners back to the calm center of their being, where true strength resides.
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