My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IYENGARMove from the known to the unknown.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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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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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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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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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we 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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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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