Approach each asana with freshness every day.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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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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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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