FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HERE ARE DEFINITIONS TO SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED YOGA TERMS.
ASANA:
This is another name for poses / the physical postures practiced in yoga.
PRANAYAMA:
These are breathing exercises / techniques typically used in most yoga classes.
SAVASANA:
Relaxation period at the end of a yoga class. Also called “Corpse Pose.”
NAMASTE:
This is a salutation that means, “The spirit in me honors the spirit in you.”
FAVORITE QUOTES
LOOKING TO BE INSPIRED?
If you have ever been to one of my classes, you know I like to share an inspirational passage at the end of class. Here are some of my favorites. Feel free to share.
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Yoga is not about touching your toes. It’s about what you learn on the way down.”
- Judith Hanson Lasater
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”
- B.K.S. Iyengar
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”
- Sydney J. Harris
“We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”
- Mother Teresa
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
- Wayne Dyer
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished.”
- Rumi
“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”
- Buddha
“Change your thoughts and you change your world”
- Norman Vincent Peale
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”
- Helen Keller
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
- Marvin Gaye
“An eye-for-an-eye only makes the whole world blind.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Be thankful for what you have. You’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never ever have enough.”
- Oprah Winfrey
“Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits”
- Parmahansa Yogananda
"Stop trying to make everyone happy. Who do you think you are, tequila?"
- Anon
