How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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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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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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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 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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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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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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