Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhile 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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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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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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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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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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