The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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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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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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