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Quotes About Balance

Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to Self-realisation. Yoga means union — the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
~ B.K.S. Iyengar
Mountain pose teaches us, literally, how to stand on our own two feet... teaching us to root ourselves into the earth... Our bodies become a connection between heaven and earth.
~ Carol Krucoff
Downward-facing dog helps us to paws and reflect.
~ Internet meme
Yoga-ish, adj. liking the idea of yoga but only showing up for Savasana
~ Internet meme
Yoga accepts. Yoga gives.
~ Terri Guillemets, 2002
I tried yoga once but took off for the mall halfway through class, as I had a sudden craving for a soft pretzel and world peace.
~ Terri Guillemets, 2002
I don't always do yoga — but when I do, it's because I'm trying to reach a new roll of toilet paper while sitting on the toilet.
~ Internet meme
Come on inner peace — I don't have all day.
~ Internet meme
Wellness is the art of healing before you're sick.
~ Terri Guillemets
It's no coincidence that four of the six letters in health are "heal."
~ Terri Guillemets
Before healing others, heal yourself.
~ Author Unknown
It is said that the body will heal itself of many things, if we will allow it to do so and not overburden it with remedies — the same is true of the soul and the heart.
~ Terri Guillemets
Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.
~ William Louden, 1929
When the head aches, all the body is the worse.
~ English proverb
Those obsessed with health are not healthy: the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.
~ Sydney J. Harris, 1961
He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.
~ Chinese proverb
You have to be as relaxed as possible about food and fitness and the rest of it, or you'll be a slave to your beauty habits… you may have a great skin but you become a robot.
~ Audrey Hepburn, 1971
You are as important to your health as it is to you.
~ Terri Guillemets
Spiritual and metaphysical health is inextricably linked to physical health.
~ Morris Hyman, M.D. (b.1908)
Health is a journal your body keeps about you.
~ Terri Guillemets
Health is a relationship between you and your body.
~ Terri Guillemets
My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass.
~ Terri Guillemets
The glow of good health can be yours for the price of hard work, wise choices, and respect for your body.
~ Terri Guillemets
If you don't take care of yourself, the undertaker will overtake that responsibility for you.
~ Terri Guillemets