This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
B.K.S. IYENGAR
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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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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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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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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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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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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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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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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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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