Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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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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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.
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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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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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