As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf 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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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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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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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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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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