Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
B.K.S. IYENGARThe flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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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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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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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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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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