Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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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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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in 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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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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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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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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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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