People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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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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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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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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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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