It is never too late in life to practice yoga
B.K.S. IYENGARThe art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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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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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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