Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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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 is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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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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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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