When I first stepped onto a yoga mat three years ago, I felt overwhelmed and intimidated. My body felt stiff, my mind was racing, and I couldn’t help but compare myself to the graceful practitioners around me. However, everything changed when my instructor shared a simple quote: “Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is about what you learn on the way down.” Those words shifted my entire perspective and became the foundation of my transformative journey into yoga.
As a beginner, finding the right inspirational yoga quotes can provide the motivation and mindset shift you need to embrace this beautiful practice. Here are ten powerful quotes to help start your yoga journey with confidence and purpose.
- “Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is about what you learn on the way down.” – Judith Hanson Lasater
- “The success of yoga does not lie in the ability to attain the pose but in how it makes us better human beings.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
- “Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
- “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn
- “Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in.” – Rolf Gates
- “The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.” – Sakyong Mipham
- “Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.” – Sri K. Pattabhi Jois