First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf 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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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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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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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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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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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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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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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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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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