Turn On, Tune In, Bliss Out: Restorative Yoga on Capitol Hill

“It’s also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now… with its aches and it pleasures… is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.”

“Yoga can give us the strength and insight we need to navigate the most radical forms of change.”

“Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.”

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny.”

“When you stop and really look, you see that you are supported continuously in countless ways.  This is the highest wisdom of yoga, the truth of interbeing, of no separation.”

“Yoga asks you to make peace with the deepest, most terrifying parts of yourself and then make that same peace with the external world.”

“It takes discipline to be a free spirit.”

“The key is to not resist or rebel against emotions or to try to get around them by devising all sorts of tricks; but to accept them directly, as they are.”

“When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present – our pain, our desire.”

“Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience.  We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind and find something better.”