B.K.S. Iyengar on self
B.K.S. Iyengar212 quotes“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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Learning is as much an art as teaching
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self (“abnégation de soi”, Fr.)
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