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.
B.K.S. IYENGARWithout the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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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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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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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 is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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