By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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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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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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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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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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