Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARI can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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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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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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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Yoga 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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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