Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
B.K.S. IYENGARIn whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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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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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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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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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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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.
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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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