Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
B.K.S. IYENGARClassics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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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 aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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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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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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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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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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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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