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
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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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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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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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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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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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