Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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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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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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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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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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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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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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