Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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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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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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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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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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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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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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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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