Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen 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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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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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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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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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.
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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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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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