There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou 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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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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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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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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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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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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