Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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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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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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