Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IYENGARGive more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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If 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.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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