The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
B.K.S. IYENGARBalance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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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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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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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Action is movement with intelligence
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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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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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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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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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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