Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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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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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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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 animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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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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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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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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