Move from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGAROur 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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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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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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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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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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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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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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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As 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.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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