Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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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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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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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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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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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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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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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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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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