Breath is the king of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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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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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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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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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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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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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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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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