Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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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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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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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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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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