To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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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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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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