Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
B.K.S. IYENGARWillpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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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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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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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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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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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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