Rodney Yee Quotes

#1. There's so much fear running our lives that we forget to be human when it really counts.

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#2. Wellness within is mindfulness and acceptance of what you are, what you feel inside and how it's always changing. That process is helped by being attentive to the breath as it moves through the body.

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#3. Yoga is really trying to liberate us from ... shame about our bodies. To love your body is a very important thing - I think the health of your mind depends on your being able to love your body.

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#4. Philosophy is unbelievably inspiring to me.

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#5. A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

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#6. Yoga is the methodology with which to unveil the miracle that exists right in front of our faces and inside ourselves.

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#7. Train yourself to be in awe of the subtle, and you will live in a world of beauty and ease.

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#8. That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.

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#9. Teaching is really a natural extension of one's practice
one wants to share something that's so influential and beautiful in one's life.

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#10. When someone's really sick and their family is tired and concerned about what will take place, those are the times that they need a support group around them to take care of them as a human being.

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#11. Listen deeply. Meditate on that which is arising. Even if it's boredom or difficulty or maybe a feeling of being stuck, that in itself can be the work for your practice.

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#12. As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

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#13. It's deep passion for my wife that really makes me vulnerable to her.

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#14. Well-crafted things inspire me, whether it's pottery or art or music.

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#15. Coming to Haramara is like coming home. My body returns to the earth, my mind mesmerized by the rhythms of the ocean and my spirit flies in this magical place. Yoga is a way of life and Haramara Retreat is where we can re-educate ourselves to live in balance.

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#16. The practice of yoga has been an amazing tool to actually unearth where my inspiration lives inside my body and mind and heart.

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#17. What we're trying to do in yoga is to create a union, and so to deepen a yoga pose is to actually increase the union of the pose, not necessarily put your leg around your head.

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#18. The study of yoga makes me inspired. And then the teaching of yoga makes it that much more real. The sense that this practice and this tool helps other people be centered, be present, and helps them really [be] embodied and [have] a life.

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#19. Meditation is a silent way of looking at resistance. You're not running away from it
you're sitting with the resistance ... basically you're trying to follow the resistance. And I think that's very interesting.

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#20. Yoga is the method to bring or uncover the union that exists. That all things are relative and are in relationship and that nothing is singular or by itself.

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#21. The study of yoga makes me inspired.

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#22. The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.

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#23. Yoga is the study of the human body. It is the surge for the human soul.

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#24. Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.

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