Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is never too late in life to practice yoga
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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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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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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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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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