When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs 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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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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