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. IYENGARI don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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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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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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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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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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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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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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