Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
B.K.S. IYENGARDo not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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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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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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