We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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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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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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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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Be inspired but not proud.
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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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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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