Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
B.K.S. IYENGARKeep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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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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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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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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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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