Be inspired but not proud.
B.K.S. IYENGARLove begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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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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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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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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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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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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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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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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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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