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| World Yoga Day 2017: PM Modi led thousands of yoga enthusiasts at Lucknow’s Ambedkar Sabha Sthal. |
The purpose of International Yoga Day is to promote yoga and endeavour towards making it a part and parcel of everyone’s daily routine. The benefits of a yogic routine are many, hence, motivating your loved ones to practice yoga is a must on this International Yoga Day.
“Through the practices of yoga, we discover that concern for the happiness and well being of others, including animals, must be an essential part of our own quest for happiness and well being. The fork can be a powerful weapon of mass destruction or a tool to create peace on Earth.” – Sharon Gannon
“A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves.” – T. Guillemets
“When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath.”- Hatha Yoga Pradipika
“The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.”- Rodney Yee
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
“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
“Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible.”- Bob Harper
“Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.” – Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: I wish no gifts, only presence.– Unknown
“Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success.” – Svatmarama
“Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.” – Patanjali