Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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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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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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