The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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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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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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