Thoughts from the Mat

This is a page that I will be adding to often.  Here you will find some of the ending readings that are shared during class, some of my favorite quotes, and pearls of wisdom.  If you have any that you would like to share, please email them to me.  Namaste'

• "Your body is your temple.  Keep it pure  and clean for the soul to reside in"   B.KS. Iyengar

From Judith Lasater's book "A Year Of Living Your Yoga, Daily practices to shape your life" ,pg. 168     "Kindness is gratitude in action.  Living Your Yoga: What one person, circumstance, of thing are you grateful for today?  Express your gratitude quietly to yourself, and then live your gratitude by offering kindness to those you meet throughout your day."

 Calm is a clear well that you may draw from whenever you need                            Maya V. Patel B.1943

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Thoughts From The Mat
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD., P.T.
A Year of Living Your Yoga, Daily Practices To Shape Your Life
Pg. 150, October 8



 Even if you can bend forward and place your palms flat on the floor, you are not guaranteed happiness.

Living Your Yoga:  Yoga practice is a strategy for being happy.  The way it works, however, is a paradox.  Yoga teachers us to discover the happiness that already lives within us.  Touching your toes does not create happiness; it slows you down enough to experience it.  Remember this today when you practice your poses.