writings on yoga that have resonated with me

Insight Yoga by Sarah Powers

"yoga is a process of fully inhabiting ourselves and our life in a radically engaging and inquisitive way. Throughout this training we develop a healthy capacity to literally take up presence in our bodies and minds, which can then lead us to simple presence ... a quality of being that is open and aware. This body-mind presence serves as the ground for compassion and wisdom to emerge within us."

"developing a home practice teaches us how to maintain our own interest in self discovery. this private time spent going inwards begins to ignite an attitude of inner investigation throughout our day. We start to see that yoga can be an inward journey of body-mind sensitivity during both our so called practice time and time spent anywhere else."

"developing the mind to become our ally rather than our battle zone is one of the most challenging yet rewarding dimensions of our practice. learning how to live in our bodies in a wholesome way and to be better friends to ourselves becomes the foundation of a compassionate worldview and is a prerequisite for more advanced practices."

The essence of yoga - Georg Feuerstein and Jeanine Miller

"it is our deep conviction that the discoveries and insights of yoga are of the highest significance for a proper understanding of the human condition in general and the present state of affairs in particular."

"the yogin's aim is the realisation of the transcendent reality or, in the words of Kant, the thing-in-itself, behind and beyond the world of appearances, for which the yogin is naturally neither ficticious nor alien to experience ... all that is required is a radical devotion to the practical application (abhyasa) of yoga."