A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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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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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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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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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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