You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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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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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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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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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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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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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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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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