Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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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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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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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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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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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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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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