You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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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 has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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