It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
B.K.S. IYENGAR
B.K.S. IYENGAR
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B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar 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?
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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