By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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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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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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