We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
B.K.S. IYENGARDon’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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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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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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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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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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