Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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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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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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The 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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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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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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