Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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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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Action is movement with intelligence
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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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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Be inspired but not proud.
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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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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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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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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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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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