When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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