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.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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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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