Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
B.K.S. IYENGARPersistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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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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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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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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Be inspired but not proud.
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