When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
B.K.S. IYENGARHealth is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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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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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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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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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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