{"quotes":[{"text":"Although yoga is supposedly noncompetitive, I can’t help that my Alpha nature requires that I go for the hardest variation of every pose, always pushing my limits as far as possible.","author":"Edward Vilga","tags":["yoga"],"id":933,"author_id":"Edward+Vilga"},{"text":"I learned early on that most yoga poses are about showing off. You find something amazing you can do, and suddenly, Shazam—you’re a guru, ready for your groupies.","author":"Edward Vilga","tags":["yoga"],"id":1343,"author_id":"Edward+Vilga"},{"text":"•Don't do yoga to get peace. It is possibly occultic. It seems innocent, but it can open a door to Satan in your life. I know this from personal experience. Seek God for peace, not things of this world.","author":"Lisa Bedrick","tags":["god","peace","spirituality","yoga"],"id":2096,"author_id":"Lisa+Bedrick"},{"text":"Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.","author":"Kripalvanandji","tags":["crying","depression","spirituality","yoga"],"id":3336,"author_id":"Kripalvanandji"},{"text":"Since the early 1920s a unique spiritual path has existed in Japan. This distinctly Japanese version of yoga is called Shin-shin-toitsu-do, and it combines seated meditation, moving meditation, breathing exercises, and other disciplines to help practitioners realize unification of mind and body. Besides yoga, it is a synthesis of methods, influenced by Japanese meditation, healing arts, and martial arts; along with Western psychology, medicine, and science. Shin-shin-toitsu-do is widely practiced throughout Japan, although it is almost unknown in other countries. Through its principles of mind and body coordination people have an opportunity to realize their full potential in everyday life.A remarkable man created this path, and he led an equally remarkable life. He was known in Japan as Nakamura Tempu Sensei, and this is his story.","author":"H. E. Davey","tags":["ki","meditation","nakamura-tempu","yoga"],"id":3479,"author_id":"H.+E.+Davey"},{"text":"We are born into this precious human existence to achieve the uni cation of opposites and become enlightened, or liberated, from the illusion of separation.","author":"Dashama Konah Gordon","tags":["happiness","happiness","healing","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","love","self-love","yoga"],"id":4311,"author_id":"Dashama+Konah+Gordon"},{"text":"The yogic scriptures paint a picture of perfection, and perfection can be your aim, but I can tell you sad stories about myself and others who have entered into a state of premature holiness with unpleasant consequences.","author":"Gudjon Bergmann","tags":["premature-holiness","yoga","yoga-inspiration","yoga-teachers"],"id":6954,"author_id":"Gudjon+Bergmann"},{"text":"Love is at the heart of the world, just as it is at the heart of your life. Your relationships with your lover, your family, your friends, and the world around you define the quality of your emotional wholeness and reflect your relationship with yourself.","author":"Sebastian Pole","tags":["alternative-therapy","ayurveda","detox","health","healthy-living","herbal","herbs","stress-relief","vegetarianism","wellness","yoga"],"id":8338,"author_id":"Sebastian+Pole"},{"text":"When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.","author":"Donna Quesada","tags":["buddhism","conscious-awareness","spirituality","yoga","zen"],"id":9299,"author_id":"Donna+Quesada"},{"text":"Do numbers hold spiritual significance? Perhaps they do. For me, the most powerful numbers are two and six because when you multiply those numbers, you get the exact amount of square feet required to roll out a yoga mat. Even after years of practice, I’m continually astounded that all I really need to heal my body, open my heart, and still my chaotic mind is twelve square feet.","author":"Darren Main","tags":["meditation","mindfulness","yoga"],"id":10530,"author_id":"Darren+Main"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":505,"pages":51,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}