Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou exist without the feeling of existence.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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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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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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