We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGARI 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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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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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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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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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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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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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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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