The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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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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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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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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