Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
B.K.S. IYENGARIt took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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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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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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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 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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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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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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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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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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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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