The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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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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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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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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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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