Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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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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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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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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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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