A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
B.K.S. IYENGARHealth is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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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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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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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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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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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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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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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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