Students — KSY

THE VOICE IN OUR HEADS:

"Yoga is being at peace with the present moment."

– Agnieszka
“Asana is to be practiced in a way that doesn’t move you further into your dysfunction.”

– Julie
"Good-o"

– Taco
"Become again as a child."

– Vernita
"It's just a phase."

– Maggie
“Do you want movement or the illusion of movement?”

– Sherry
"Om namaḥ śivāya"

– Doreen
"These gripping patterns are creations of the mind... they are not normal."

– Kate B.
“Your quadriceps might be enthusiastically engaged.”

– Elena
"Yama & niyama are the lens thru which āsana is seen & are fundamental to prāṇāyāma as well."

– Alice
“Take some amount of time to…”

– Carolyn & Gracie
"Whole and complete, lacking nothing.”

– Sandy
"Intensity x Duration = Force”

– Doreen
“Let the consciousness rest in the space between the thoughts.”

– Alice
“From structure true freedom is possible.”

– Sherry
"Mind moves prāṇa, prāṇa moves the body."

– Penelope
"How do we get to this state (śavāsana) without actually dying?"

– Gosia
"Another breath or twooo... or three or four (or five or twelve)."

– Jen
“That’s all we have - this moment.”

– Judy
“When your femurs are grounded the world exists for your pleasure.”

– Sherry
"Float your leg blissfully in space."

– Susan
"Did the kidneys grip because they think they're the ____? DON'T let them!"

– Jen
"The nervous system alerts to novelty and defaults to the known."

– Winston
“We are now experiencing the fruits of our actions."

– Linda
"You cannot prepare for war and peace at the same time."

– Qianhui
“Inflate the back.”

– Alexis
"You need to be out of your mind to do yoga."

– Steve
“You don't need to stretch – just release the gripping.”

– Sherry
"Ah... humans."

– Ravilochanā
“Everything in moderation… including moderation!”

– Nishtha
"Compassion equals non-judgment."

– Vernita
"Mind is the interface between totality consciousness & individuated consciousness."

– Alice
"Breathe."

– Stefa
"Organize your life around being happy."

– Jessica
"Patience – Perseverance – Compassion"

– Penelope
“Chop wood, carry water, and do it mindfully.”

– Judy
"Where can I maximize the resonance?"

– Vernita
“Before you release the pose know why you want to release it."

– Gosia
"Abundance is when everyone has what they need. If there is excess, that means somewhere there is also deficiency, which is not a sustainable model."

– Denise
"And the clock tells us it's time to begin."

– Penelope
"Just let go."

– Julie
"To change the pattern, create a new pattern."

– Vernita
"There is nothing inherently noble about [being vegetarian]."

– Jen
"Then there’s that pesky thing called breathing.'

– Kate B.
"Thank you, Computer."

– Anna
"And hold this asana for 1 or 2 or 45 minutes."

– Kate B.
"What we each see in others and the world external is only seen that way because of how we organize our view of life."

– Kate B.
"Relax the tongue, the throat, the soft palate... root of the tongue drops down to a single point behind the clavicular notch."

– Jen
"Only with stability is ease possible."

– Penelope
“Are you using your mind or is your mind using you? And if you are using your mind, who is the YOU that is using the mind?"

– Linda
"Yoga has more in common with physics, music & mathematics than it does with any philosophy or religion."

– King Francis
"The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

– Maggie
"Low intensity, long duration, builds stability ."

– Alice
"That is impossible… now do it."

– Kate B.
"Simply float [the leg] up."

– Linda
"The physical body is a reflection of the psychology, there is no separation. As the body becomes more organized, the psychology becomes more organized.”

– Julie
"It's just a little thing..."

– Mikaela
"The more stuff we have, the more stuff has us."

– Jessica
"You may stop doing this, anytime, for any reason. Except for breathing. Breathing is not optional.”

– Mikaela
"Balance is a dynamic state. We find balance and then readjustment is required."

– Doreen
"Do remember to breathe."

– Doreen
"The mind thinks it's in charge."

– Kate B.
“Ask yourself: why do you want to get out of the pose?”

– Steve
"Straighten the leg, then straighten the leg, and then... straighten the leg."

– Jen
"Tapas is the merging of ardor and austerity."

– Jessica
"Have a splendid day... it's an option!"

– Kate B.