Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is never too late in life to practice yoga
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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