Mandy Ingber Quotes

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time.

When you practice yoga regularly, you get more then you will from jogging on the treadmill catching up on the last season of 'Lost.' When you practice yoga, you use your body and your mind, and you're gaining awareness and intuition.

Yoga has given me more compassion for my imperfections.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

You spend so much time in your head in life. And what yoga does is, it asks you to allow your head to be quiet, to allow it to be still, just for an hour and a half. Just deal with your body and your breath. And it's a great workout. I love it.

I think yoga builds strength, flexibility, and calming of the mind - which is never a bad thing.

Yoga is a big part of my life now. There's not a day that goes by where I don't do an Asana and mediation practice.

There are certain ways in which I cultivate awareness, both through mindful yoga and taking care of my body and taking time to actually drop as deeply as possible into stillness, into whatever is unfolding in the present moment.

Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

I love yoga because it's very calming for your body and your spirit. It gives you that meditative state, and its 90 minutes where you can get away from the world and just be, and exist in the moment. I need yoga. It's part of my life, and I can't imagine not doing it.

I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life.

I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.

If I'm stuck in traffic or have a bad moment in my day, I go back to my yoga practice, and I breathe.

I got introduced to yoga in drama school. It's now a mainstay in my life, ever since I got instructor certification at a teacher-training intensive. I even occasionally guide an intimate class of friends and family, but mostly the training was to serve and deepen my own practice.

I love yoga, but the namaste thing only takes you so far.

For me, working out is to zone out and just be you. Who cares what you look like?

I really love yoga. I love the mindfulness of it, where not only are you exercising your body, but you're also building that mind/body connection as far as being aware of every movement - what your body's doing, how your body's feeling.

I had a friend that was really passionate about yoga, and she let me come with her to a couple of her classes - I just got really into it. The more you practise, the better you get. It's an hour when I'm not thinking about anything except breathing.

When I first began learning yoga, I found it really hard because I couldn't clear my mind for the meditative part of it, but then after a few weeks it became easier and I could see how it began to change my body. I became more flexible and more relaxed and at peace with my environment. I love yoga and I encourage all my friends to practise it.

Just enjoy every moment - don't stress. Just be yourself.

I like to do yoga because it centers me and makes me realize truly what's important.