37 Evening Yoga Quotes to Inspire Your Practice

How do you stay inspired to show up for your evening yoga practice after a long and challenging day? One simple way is to read one or more inspiring evening yoga quote. You have probably heard your yoga instructor read some soothing quotes in class, as these can be powerful tools to reframe your mindset, boost your motivation, and help you focus on the positive. We’ve gathered a list of the best evening yoga quotes that offer pearls of yogic wisdom to help you close your day with a peaceful attitude and a balanced outlook.

Our favorite evening yoga quotes

As you wind down from the day, read one or more of these evening yoga quotes to help you roll out your mat with enthusiasm and joy. Choose which one to read based on your need to release the stress of the day, restore your focus, or settle into a tranquil mood to transport you toward deep sleep.

Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero! — Swami SivanandaWisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other —activity in rest and rest in activity—is the ultimate freedom. — Sri Sri Ravi ShankarFinish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance. — Ralph Waldo EmersonRest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel. — Eleanor BrownnSleep is the best meditation. — Dalai LamaTranquility is found when we stop striving and simply breathe. — Judith Hanson LasaterEvery night in sleep you have a taste of peace and joy. By meditation you can experience that holy state while awake. — Paramahansa YoganandaTo a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. — Lao TzuThe quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. — RumiYoga helps us walk the thin line between effort and surrender. — Judith Hanson LasaterYou may not be able to control the whole world, but you may learn to control your inner world through yoga. — Debasish MridhaMeditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. — Thich Nhat HanhThe nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body. — Jason CrandellAversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. — PatanjaliTrue yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; it cares about the person you are becoming. — Aadil PalkhivalaYoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame. — B.K.S. IyengarTake rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. — Traditional ProverbIf your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu SuzukiYou must learn to achieve inner stillness, regardless of the outer circumstances. — Max StromWhenever you are in doubt, it is best to pause. Few things are so pressing that they cannot wait for a moment of breath. — T.K.V. DesikacharTaking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. — Judith Hanson LasaterWhen you have trouble sleeping, follow your breathing in and breathing out. Bring your awareness to the different parts of your body in turn, and allow them to relax. — Thich Nhat HanhThe greatest luxury in an over-scheduled life is simply unfilled time. — Judith Hanson LasaterYoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life. — B.K.S. IyengarYou must practice meditation at least twice everyday, and the best times are towards the morning and the evening. When night passes into day, and day into night, a state of relative calmness ensues. The early morning and the early evening are the two periods of calmness. — Swami VivekanandaYoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.
— Donna FarhiStay calm, even if chaos surrounds you. Take a deep breath, even if you want to scream. Meditate, even if your mind is loud. — Maxime LagacéYou can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. LewisWithin you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. — Hermann HesseI am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity. — Paramahansa YoganandaConcentration bestows serenity or calmness of mind, inner spiritual strength, patience, great capacity to turn out tremendous work, alacrity, acumen, agility, beautiful complexion, sweet voice, brilliant eyes, powerful voice and speech, power to influence others and attract people, cheerfulness, joy, bliss of soul, supreme peace. It removes restlessness, agitation of mind, laziness. It makes you fearless and unattached. — Swami SivanandaWe are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities. — Swami SatchidanandaThese days, my practice is teaching me to embrace imperfection: to have compassion for all the ways things haven’t turned out as I planned, in my body and in my life–for the ways things keep falling apart, and failing, and breaking down. It’s less about fixing things, and more about learning to be present for exactly what is.  — Anne CushmanA wise person will never expect joy from the outside world or by contact with outside objects. The truth is, joy can never come from outside. Even if it seems to be coming from outside, it’s only a reflection of your own inner happiness.  — Swami SatchidanandaYoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.  — Erich SchiffmannThere’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep.  — Swami SatchidanandaThe success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships. T.K.V. Desikachar

How to Use Inspirational Quotes in Your Yoga Practice

Quotes are powerful tools you can use to inspire yourself to action. Each quote is a bite-sized nugget of potent wisdom, often presented in a poetic or otherwise memorable way. Here are a few practical ways to incorporate these inspirational morning yoga quotes into your practice:

Print out the list of quotes and post them where you will see them right before you go to bed and read one or more of them before you go to sleep.Create an intention card or small piece of artwork featuring a quote and place it on your personal altar or in your practice space.Share your favorite quotes on social media to build communal support for your morning yoga practices.Read a few quotes before you practice yoga or meditation to set an intention or mood for your practice or day.Use a quote as the seed thought for deep contemplation or journaling.

Share your quotes with us

Are there any other quotes on yoga and love that have encouraged and supported you to create and maintain a consistent evening yoga routine? We’d love to hear them, so please post them in the comments below!