A collection of words we can return to — week after week.
These quotes have been shared in our newsletters as gentle reminders of what matters, invitations into presence, and reflections from the heart of our practice. May they meet you exactly where you are.
Quiet the Mind
“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.” - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
When we become still, even for a moment, we begin to hear beyond the chatter of the mind. We reconnect to intuition, truth, emotion, and presence. Practices like meditation, yoga, and sound immersion create space for that listening. Not to escape ourselves, but to return to ourselves.
Change
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
— Socrates
Transformation doesn’t happen by thinking about where we’ve been or judging where we are. It happens through the choices we make today. Each practice, each breath, each return to the mat is an opportunity to build something new within ourselves.
The 108 10- Day Challenge is an invitation to channel your energy into growth, discipline, and intention — one day at a time.
Colors
“Colors blind the eye. Sounds deafen the ear. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the heart.”
— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
We live in a world of constant stimulation - endless noise, distraction, consumption and mental chatter pulling us away from ourselves. This quote is a reminder that more is not always better. When we quiet the noise and soften the grip of constant wanting, we create space to truly feel, listen and connect.
Nows
“Forever is composed of nows.”
- Emily Dickinson
Forever can feel like something distant, something we’re always chasing or waiting for. This quote reminds us that forever isn’t somewhere out there. It’s built moment by moment, right here.
In practice, it’s not about doing more. It’s about arriving more fully. Feeling the inhale. Softening into the exhale. Being where your feet are.
Quiet
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
- Ram Dass
In a world that constantly asks for our attention, quiet can feel unfamiliar— sometimes even uncomfortable. But it’s in that quiet where something deeper begins to surface. We don’t need to figure anything out. We just need to create space…and begin to listen.
Rain
“May the flowers remind us why the rain was necessary.”
-Xan Oku
Growth rarely comes without discomfort. The moments that challenge us, stretch us, or slow us down often carry the seeds of something deeper — patience, resilience, clarity.
Just like the rain nourishes what we cannot see, the moments that challenge us are often the ones quietly shaping us.
In your practice, in your life— trust the process. What you’re moving through now may be exactly what allows something beautiful to bloom.
The Guru
“When you know how to listen, everyone is the guru.”
- Ram Dass
There’s a moment in practice when we stop trying to figure everything out…and start to listen instead. Listen to the body, listen to the breath, listen to the room, listen to the person next to you.
When we soften enough to truly listen, wisdom stops being something we chase…and becomes something we receive.
Every interaction becomes part of the practice. Every moment, a teacher.
Where your heart is…
“If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.”
- Walt Whitman
When the structure falls away…when there’s nothing to do, nowhere to be…the mind drifts.
And where it goes — again and again — reveals something deeper.
What we are seeking. What we’re devoted to.
Practice is the space where we begin to notice this. And gently return.
Liberation
“A person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress is eligible for liberation.”
— Bhagavad Gita
Life is full of moments of joy and moments of challenge. This teaching reminds us that freedom isn’t found in chasing one and avoiding the other, but in learning to remain steady through both.
This is the practice. To feel fully, but not be ruled by what we feel. To stay grounded, even as everything around us changes.
True liberation isn’t somewhere far away — it’s found in the steady heart, right here in the midst of it all.
Impossible
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
- Nelson Mandela
In yoga, we experience this all the time. The pose that felt unattainable…the consistency of a regular practice…the courage to show up for ourselves and one another again and again. What once seemed impossible becomes something we move through with strength and ease.
The Way
“There is no way to Happiness, Happiness is the way.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh
So often we chase happiness as if it lives somewhere ahead of us. But happiness isn’t a place we arrive — it’s a way we move through the world. It’s found in presence, in breath, in the simple act of being here — right now. A reminder that the path itself can be filled with peace.
Weather
“You are the sky.
Everything else is just the weather.”
~Pema Chödrön
There are days when practice feels light and open. And days when it feels heavy, distracted, and tight.
Joy. Frustration. Energy. Fatigue. Full Rooms. Quiet rooms. Strong flows. Wobbly balances.
It’s all weather.
Yoga reminds us that we are not the passing mood, the busy mind, the momentary storm. We are the steady sky beneath it all — vast, spacious, free.
At 108, we don’t come to control the weather. We come to witness it. To breathe through it. To move with it. And to remember who we really are.
See you on your mat — rain or shine.
The Art of Living
“The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.”
-Alan Watts
On the mat, this is the practice. Not forcing. Not collapsing. But meeting each breath, each posture, each moment as new. At 108, we practice staying open — to the challenge, to the discomfort, to the joy — trusting that every moment is new if we’re willing to receive it.
Traveler
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”
-Lao Tzu
Practice, like travel, isn’t about rushing toward a finish line or proving anything along the way. It’s about staying present for the unfolding — one step, one breath, one class at a time.
As we move into March and our upcoming challenge, let this be your anchor: Show up without pressure to be perfect, or to “win.” Simply keep traveling. Some days will feel strong, others slow, but every time you walk through the studio door you’re deepening the journey.
In The End
“In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go.”
— Jack Kornfield
This quote is a gentle reminder of what truly endures. Not the pace we kept or the titles we held, but the quality of our presence — how honestly we lived, how bravely we loved, and how gracefully we learned to release what no longer serves us. Our practice asks us to return to these three truths again and again: to live awake in our bodies, to meet each other with an open heart, and to soften our grip when it’s time to let go. This is the work. This is the practice.
Quiet
“The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It is everywhere, available to anyone at any time. It is us, the force within that makes us stable, trusting, and loving. It is contemplation contemplating. Peace is letting go - returning to the silence that cannot enter the realm of words because it is too pure to be contained in words. This is why the tree, the stone, and the mountain are quiet.”
- Malidoma Patrice Some
Quiet is not the absence of sound — it’s the presence of truth. This quote reminds us that stillness is not passive, but powerful. In quiet, we return to what stabilizes us, softens us, and reconnects us to the rhythm of something larger than ourselves. Our practice is an invitation into that space: to pause, to listen beneath the noise, and to remember the steady, trusting, loving force that lives within. Like the mountain, the river, the tree — we don’t have to force peace. We simply return to it.