Yoga for your Type Quotes

“Who we are is the result of how we live and act on a daily basis. Our daily actions reflect our prime values and motivations.”
― David Frawley, Yoga for your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“Asana, with its soothing, stretching and relaxing action, is the main physical exercise for balancing the doshas. It calms Vata, cools Pitta and releases Kapha.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“Pitta types need to remain flexible and soft throughout their lives because if excess Pitta is not softened, it can become stiff, hot, and too tight. It”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“This reflects four primary goals for an ayurvedic asana practice: 1. To balance the doshas 2. To improve the structural condition of the body 3. To facilitate the movement and development of prana 4. To calm and energize the mind”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“One of the main purposes of asana practice is to be able to do Savasana well. It is the time when the body replenishes itself and balances the energy created in your practice. Many great teachers have said that savasana is the most important position and the reason we practice all of the other asanas. It is also a form of pratyahara or sensory withdrawal in which we can rest our motor organs and contact the peace within that is the real goal of Yoga.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“A good generic sequence to use for your asana practice is — Warm-ups, standing poses, inverted poses, backbends, forward bends and twists, ending with Savasana.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“The ayurvedic rule in treatment is to treat Vata like a flower, Pitta like a friend and Kapha like an enemy.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“Ayurveda does not look upon asanas as fixed forms that by themselves either decrease or increase the doshas. It views them as vehicles for energy that can be used to help balance the doshas, if used correctly.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“In summary, therefore, the structural effect of the asana is the first factor. The way we energize the asana through Prana is the second. This includes how we move through the asana and breathe within it. Our state of mind is a third factor.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice

“An asana should be a kind of meditation in form or movement. Therefore, we should always put our minds into a sacred space of silence, observation, and detachment while performing Yoga.”
― David Frawley, Yoga For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice