Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
B.K.S. IYENGARNothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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