listen to the music of your soul, the singing of your inner voice (12 May 2016)

You can’t change the music of your soul.

- Katherine Hepburn

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.

- Indra Devi, yoga instructor*

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

- Indra Devi

Laughter drives shouting away. 

- Indra Devi

You are the only person you can actually change.

- Katherine Hepburn

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

- Indra Devi

*Indra Devi, born Eugenie V. Peterson in Riga, she was the first Western female student of yoga and en early teacher.  She taught  Madame Chiang Kai-shek in her yoga studio in Ching, and introduced yoga to Hollywood, teaching Greta Garbo and Gloria Swanson, among others.

Indra Devi, 102, Dies; Taught Yoga to Stars and Leaders (New York Times, 2002)