Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IYENGARDo not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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I 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.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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As 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.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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