Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARAny action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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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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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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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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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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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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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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