As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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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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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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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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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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