When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
B.K.S. IYENGARLearning is as much an art as teaching
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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