Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
B.K.S. IYENGARThere is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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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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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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