While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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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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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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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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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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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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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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