We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGARNothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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