Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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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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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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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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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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