We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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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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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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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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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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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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