After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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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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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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