Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
B.K.S. IYENGARSirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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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.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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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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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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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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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 teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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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.
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