The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
B.K.S. IYENGARAbhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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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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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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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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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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