It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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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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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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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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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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