Quotes about Yoga from the world's top natural health / natural living authors
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 "I first heard about the famous yogi from a Sikh mystic who became my yoga teacher in the 1980s. For years I'd studied the mystery surrounding Milarepa's renunciation of all worldly possessions, his journey throughout the sacred plateau of central Tibet, and what he discovered as a devoted mystic. All of the study led to this moment in his cave.
I stared in wonder at the smooth, black walls that surrounded me and could only imagine what it would be like inhabiting such a cold, dark, and remote place for so many years."- Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.) |
 "Circular Respiration
Among many yoga breathing techniques, I advise you to learn and use "circular breathing," as rebirthing and vivation suggest. Your breathing must flow in continual sequence, circulating without interruptions. Only practice, constant use, and trust will bring out the extraordinary potential of breathing power as well as of development, preservation, and vital energy use.
Keep Your Body in Homeostasis
When the body is in equilibrium, it is also in "homeostasis," where all the systems, especially the nervous system, work very efficiently."- David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) "To clarify, it's like the difference between (light) yoga and artistic gymnastics. The analogy is the situation where the athletes are trained well and their muscles are very flexible and strong. This is not by accident. The gymnasts are endowed with what's called "refined dexterity" in movements, which requires extremely precise coordination and motor qualities. Ocular muscles need this extraordinary quality—refined dexterity—to fulfill as complex a task as focusing is." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) |
 "Some stress-busting techniques you probably know—taking yoga, going out for a run, practicing deep breathing, getting a massage. Other responses to stress might take a bit more creativity on your part. For instance, if you have excessive pressure at work, you might try taking a five-minute breathing break every hour. If you have an ill relative living with you, you might look into forming a support group. If you must drive in horrific traffic, bring books on tape with you."- Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.) |
 "For instance, such activities as dancing, tai chi, and yoga present complex challenges to all participants. Ultimately, these scattered studies can be boiled down to one simple piece of advice: Stay active.
Doctors who work with aging persons have a common phrase: What's good for the heart is good for the head. This means that if you control the same risk factors for heart disease—not smoking, eating right, exercising, and so on—you can also contribute to the wellness of your brain. It's a good two-for-one deal if ever there was one!"- Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "If taking classes is cost-prohibitive, consider searching for a video or audiotape on yoga for older audiences. Dementia releases the essential self; we wander hack-ward uncontrollably and become more of what we already were. But what I wonder is whether there is any way to train ourselves before we start to wander, so that when we lose our minds we are at peace. Yogis sit in caves for years. The rest of us have to earn a living. Serenity could be a forward-looking skill, though, if only we had time to acquire it. ?Dr." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "In addition to relaxation, yoga and meditation can promote mindfulness, allowing us to avoid distraction and maintain a sense of presence and coherence. The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. ?Napoleon Bonaparte When you find a class that sounds interesting, it is not a bad idea to call ahead and ask whether the instructor has experience working with elderly persons. Also, it is wise to ask which classes are most suitable for beginners, and to check whether the instructor can make the necessary provisions for your mobility difficulties or cognitive needs." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) |
 "I take walks and practice yoga. I am totally vegan, drink juices, and follow a Gary's protocol totally. Group homework assignments expanded my self-awareness and created new insights.
I am delighted with the results of each new blood test. I am cancer-free and optimistic. My work, in the wardrobe department of a theatrical company, is enjoyable, and I look forward to a good season with the crew again.
ROSE
I have been listening to health radio for many years and continuously learn and absorb even the little things and all the helpful information."- Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "He integrates relaxation therapies, hypnosis, meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, herbalism, musculoskeletal manipulation, dance, yoga, and physical exercise in his own practice of medicine and psychiatry. Center for Mind-Body Medicine 5225 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 414 Washington DC 20015 Tel: (202)966-7338 www.cmbm.org www.jamesgordonmd.com JAN CACNON, M.D., is a naturopathic physician in Seattle, Washington." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "I am now deeply involved in tai chi twice weekly, alternating with two hours of yoga on the off weeks. These practices trained me to be self-assertive and gave me spontaneous courage to achieve changes in spite of my visual problem. I wrote homework assignments in class and hired a person to read them to me at home. Facing my inhibitions was detoxifying, challenging, and strengthening. I use public transportation, go 371 to concerts without hesitation, and live an easier and more peaceful life." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) |
| "This will include respiration (Rebirthing, Vivation, Pranayama yoga), physical exercises (especially aerobics), progressive relaxation 0acobson), autogenous training (Schultz), and meditation (see Holt, Caruso, & Riley, 1978).
There are an endless number of techniques, and usually whatever has a positive impact on the nervous system is also useful: even the idea of walking in the woods and along the seashore has a rebalancing power." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) |
 "When I was recovering, I started doing yoga again to keep my body flexible, too."
Appreciation
Erica made good progress, and eventually her treatments came to an end. She'd focused all her efforts on overcoming her illness, and she was winning. Ready to celebrate, she felt a deep sense of appreciation for all the people who had rallied to help her.
Erica decided to host a party for everyone who'd played a role in her adventure."- Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.) |
 "I look down at my thumb and index finger, drawn together like in a yoga mudra, and I can feel the extraordinary energy vibrating through my whole body. I'm transfixed by the sound and notice that my thumb and index finger are starting to glow with a golden light from within.
Simply asking the dream to experience a concept brought forth this immense flood of knowledge from the depths of the listening unconscious. Now I knew beyond doubt—the unconscious is conscious, responsive, and alive. To experience it only requires turning toward it when lucid."- Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Get the book.) |
 "Note also that in yoga the mind is not separate from other disciplines such as diet. As B. K. S. Iyengar summarises in his classic work, the skills of breathing must be backed up by realising that
Character is moulded by the type of food we take and by how we eat it.
(Light on yoga, p. 37).
In fact, The Lancet's use of attitudes and adequately distorts and is reductive. It is not a central plank of alternative medicine, as The Lancet maintains, to isolate attitudes of mind where attitudes are viewed in a limited sense."- Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.) |
 "It does so by stimulating nerves and glands, improving the balance of hormones within
the body, and infusing the entire system with a higher level of energy. yoga and sex are inextricably linked in a web of pleasure and ecstatic fulfillment.
Part of traditional yoga practice is the study of medicinal plants, as many yoga scriptures attest. In India, yogis are often experts in the preparation and use of medicinal plants."- Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.) |
 "Studies on the Efficacy of yoga in the Promotion and Maintenance of Normal Health Aspects in yoga Trainees, Central Council for Research in Yog and Naturopathy, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (1989), p. 14
31. UdupaKN, etal, Indjf Med Res 63($)(1975): 1062-5; Nayar HS, etal, Ind J Med Res 61(10)(1975): 1369-76
32. Ray US, et al, IndJMedRes 83(1986): 343-8
33. Udupa KN, et al, IndJMedRes 61(2)(1973): 237-44
34. Ackerman D, A Natural History of the Senses (Random House, New York, 1990), pp. 127-72
35. Hayes DK, et al, eds. "- Hari Sharma, Freedom from Disease: How to Control Free Radicals, a Major Cause of Aging and Disease (Get the book.) |
| "This means yoga and meditation. Why yoga? Dr. Ornish's data show that the amount of time spent doing yoga was associated as much as diet and exercise changes with reductions in coronary artery blockages. The slow stretching and breathing techniques relax muscles, Dr. Ornish says, and promote feelings of peace. And no, Bubba, it's not just for Western Hindu wannabes; you can learn yoga at your local YM/ YWCA or from any experienced instructor, well-illustrated book or videotape.
Why meditation? Meditation may help relieve your stress. Heart disease, after all, is fraught with worry." - Matthew Hoffman and William Legro, Disease Free: How to Prevent, Treat and Cure More Than 150 Illnesses and Conditions (Get the book.) |
 "Seen in this light, our personal relationships can become our yoga: a path from self-centeredness toward self-liberation.
Judgment
If our thinking is ruled by the belief that inner peace, joy, and contentment come from what we have or do in the world, we may find ourselves treating other people as we do material things. We look to them for satisfaction of our inner needs, and thus judge them according to whether we think they may help or hinder us in our search for personal fulfillment."- Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.) "All Our Relations Our intimate relationships may be where we begin the practice of this yoga, but it does not end there. The same principles apply to our relationships with people we hardly know, or may never even have met. To take just one example, I have never met the political leader of my country. However, I have read much about him in the press, seen him on television, and heard some of the things he has said. As a result, I have formed a great many impressions of him. I have opinions as to ways in which he is right, and ways in which he is wrong. But all of this is my projection." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.) |
 "It's like natural Botox," declared Leta Koontz, who holds Fresh Face yoga workshops at a studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. () [END BOX]
- Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) |
 "Even my medical school professors couldn't possibly
191 argue with things as gentle and beneficial as yoga for a five-year-old, safe herbal therapy for a seven-year-old, or acupuncture for a ten-year-old. The Western medical community has ended the debate over whether Eastern medicine and holistic therapies are effective, and the answer is yes. A few years ago, the Journal of American Medical Association devoted an entire issue to complementary medicine. It talked about herbal treatment, acupuncture, and more."- Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "For those families interested in complementary therapies, I am happy to suggest yoga, acupuncture, herbal medicines, and dietary supplements. Trying natural treatments takes patience. In fact, the main reason the medical community has a difficult time studying alternative treatments is because the results vary from individual to individual, and none of the treatments can offer any guarantees. However, you should know that they differ in their effects because they work with a person's body, and everybody is different." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "Meditation and Tai Chi In addition to yoga, there are several other exercises and practices you can find that will help to bring the body to relaxation, primarily through breathing. These include traditional meditation and the Chinese martial art of tai chi. Simply put, meditation is training your mind to relax so that it can focus on other things afterward. Many self-help books and business books recommend meditation to reduce stress and to prepare the mind for challenging tasks that might bring stress." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) |
 "Some rehab programs deal with only diet and exercise, but the most effective ones include mind/body interventions as well, ranging from yoga and meditation to group support and psychotherapy.
If your hospital program doesn't include a psychosocial component and if your individual needs require it, we advise you to consult a social worker, a psychotherapist, or a counselor who can help you work on your stress and emotional issues. You have many options.
Laugh More
Children laugh an average of 400 times a day. Adults only 15."- Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) |
 "The ancient Rishis (seers) reached it through a disciplined, spiritual way of life and through yoga. They described their experience and made Akasha an essential element of the philosophy and mythology of India.
In the twentieth century Akasha was brilliantly described by Swami Vivekananda. According to Vivekananda, Akasha is omnipresent and all-penetrating in the universe. Everything evolved out of Akasha. It is Akasha that became the human body, the animal body, the plants, every form that we see, everything that exists."- Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.) |
 "This view of consciousness maintains that spirituality can be attained via the line of the will {karma yoga), the line of the intellect (Jnanayoga), and the line of feeling {bhaktiyogd). Theosophy even goes as far as to suggest that these are the three fundamental lines of development by means of which consciousness evolves.31
Now, my spiritual path has followed neither Hinduism nor Theosophy, so I was unaware of what these traditions had to say on the subject when it first became evident to me that consciousness was organized around the lines of feeling, thought, and will."- Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Get the book.) |
| "She did yoga three times a week, maintained a diet of lean meats and vegetables, and had routine medical checkups. She didn't drink or smoke. And in the summer, she couldn't wait to return to her lakeside home for a vigorous swim. Yet nothing prepared her or her husband for what would happen that year.
Early one morning, Erica was visiting her doctor and was stunned to learn that the results of her second mammogram indicated the presence of an almost certain cancer. She sat for a moment in uncomprehending silence, looking at her doctor, hoping for him to throw some doubt on the diagnosis. " - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.) |
 "Linda also refused treatment with chemotherapy and radiation and, instead, focused on the more positive approaches to healing, including yoga, prayer, a vegetarian diet, cleansing her organs, meditation, and daily visualizations. Today, 22 years after having outlived her death sentence, she is as healthy as she can be with no trace of even a skin irritation.
Both Anne and Linda have changed their entire attitude toward life, from being passive victims of an uncontrollable, "invasive" disease, to being active participants in the creation of a healthy body and mind."- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) |
 "She'd been doing yoga and meditating, which helped, but after a few hours she was back to misery.
Her periods were "fine" and regular, but she did notice bloating in her belly with constipation that was worse before her period. Otherwise she had no real complaints. Her sleep and energy were okay. Her exam was normal, but her blood tests showed a very low RBC magnesium 3.6 (4.2 to 6.8 mg/dL), no anemia but a low-normal ferritin 28 (10 to 300 ng/ml), and a normal thyroid. So Sheila began replacing her magnesium and using a good multivitamin with iron."- Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Rest, meditation, yoga, good food, and lots of sleep can help, but if you can't afford a health spa (and even if you can), support your adrenal glands. Most women improve dramatically with some adrenal supports, such as adrenal extracts, Cortisol, or herbs. As your adrenal glands recover, they will regain their natural rhythm and can even help make more sex hormones. Your Cortisol rhythm is restored and your feelings of anxiety and irritability will improve; you'll sleep more soundly and have a better mood, naturally. Growth hormone helps you deal with stress." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) |
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