The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
B.K.S. IYENGARBefore peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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