Foreword

Being an aerospace designer by trade, and traveling to yoga conferences, work-shops and retreats for personal growth, I have had the great privilege of attending the classes of some wonderful and passionate yoga teachers. This notebook evolved from the many notebooks that I filled with my own insights during my travels, taking notes along the way. Since this work is comprised of common quotes, classroom teachings and original thought, it is practically impossible to accurately designate authorship quote by quote. I have included all historically documented sources.

Designed to be practical and useful for years, the covers are laminated to resist moisture and the useful quote pages are printed on ivory colored paper for quick reference.
The entire notebook is 8.5 inches long by 3.66 inches wide, designed to fit within your yoga matbag. There are 48 inside pages filled with 50+ useful guideline entries and 200+ useful quote entries.The notebook has 2 binding rings that will release to facilitate the addition of more pages or your own additional information.

COPYRIGHTED AND ISBN - This compilation of quotes and original thought has been copyrighted and has an assigned ISBN tracking number for ease of warehousing and accounting.

Using this Notebook

Choosing only a couple of selections from each section before your practice, allows room within your thoughts for those seeds to germinate. Quotes have been repeated if applicable to various sections and the information itself has been approached from a variety of perspectives to facilitate absorption. The extra and backside pages are provided for your own memorable yoga thoughts. My rule of thumb is: Write down anything that you hear or think of that rings true or provides a revelation.

Selected Entries

Before Class and Mental Prep

Perceive your practice as an offering to the moment or body prayer.

Empower your yoga as a study in movement potential.

Realize that the first step along the path of growth is acceptance of where you are.

Breath and Bandhas

Realize that yoga without breath control is stretching.

Allow the breath to emulate the ebb and flow of waves gently caressing the seashore.

Perceive the Bandhas as the core from which all movements and perceptions emanate.

Points to Ponder During Class

Seek the balance between effort and comfort.

Allow yielding and non-resistance to create fluidity.

Do not force your practice, let it unfold.

Diving to Deeper Levels

Release your clenched fist of self-definition to reveal the emptiness within.

Perceive the body as the manifestation of consciousness.

When the mind focuses on the past or future; the present is obscured.

Facing Challenges

Satisfaction lies in the effort not the attainment, full effort is full victory. -Mahatma Gandhi

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can. -John Wooden

The last difficulty in any posture is to make it look effortless.

Savasana and Closing Thoughts

Bring peace to the mind’s turbulent waters by finding the stillness underneath.

Success is not to be measured by wealth, power or fame, but instead, by the ratio of what a person could be and what they actually are. - H.G.Wells

The only Journey is the Journey within. - Rainer Maria Rilke