You exist without the feeling of existence.
B.K.S. IYENGARThere is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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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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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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It 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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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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