Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
B.K.S. IYENGARSirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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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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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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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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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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