Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARHealthy 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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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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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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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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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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