Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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