We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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