When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARI don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf 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.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
B.K.S. IYENGARTraining of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
B.K.S. IYENGARKnowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. IYENGARBreath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
B.K.S. IYENGARThere is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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