Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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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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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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