Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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