Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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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 allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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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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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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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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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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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?
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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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