If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
B.K.S. IYENGAR
B.K.S. IYENGAR
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B.K.S. Iyengar212 quotes“If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity”
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar 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.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Be inspired but not proud.
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