The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
B.K.S. IYENGARSirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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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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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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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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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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