It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
B.K.S. IYENGARIn your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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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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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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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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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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