A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
B.K.S. IYENGARSavasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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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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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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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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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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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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