Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
B.K.S. IYENGARAsana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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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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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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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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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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