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.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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