Fig Garden Yoga Studio

Although yoga has its origins in ancient India, its methods and purposes are universal, relying not on cultural background, faith or deity, but simply on the individual. Yoga has become important in the lives of many contemporary Westerners, sometimes as a way of improving health and fitness of the body, but also as a means of personal and spiritual development

Results from medical research on yoga are mixed, according to the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, though the findings tend to be more positive than negative. Yoga has been found to improve quality of life, reduce stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression and back pain.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside

There are many factors that contribute to post yoga nausea that include, but aren't limited to eating a meal before class, release of toxins, and the body moving through emotions and trauma. ... In an intense yoga class, the body is sending blood to major muscle groups through a variety of yoga positions.

Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success.

The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union; not on the side of the canvas where it is blank, but on the side where the picture is being painted.

The way to live in the present is to remember that This too shall pass. When you experience joy, remembering that This too shall pass helps you savor the here and now. When you experience pain and sorrow, remembering that This too shall pass reminds you that grief, like joy, is only temporary.

Yoga is not about extreme flexibility or contorting your muscles and spine into fancy shapes. It's about breathing, finding inner strength through meditation, and creating freedom in the body with basic yoga poses. It's truly that simple

Change is not only inevitable, but always happening. When you truly embrace this concept of change being constant, the only thing left to do is grow, detach, venture inwards, touch the spirit and find your source the one responsible for keeping you grounded through the ever changing seasons of life.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.