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.
B.K.S. IYENGARAction is movement with intelligence
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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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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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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