Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
B.K.S. IYENGARI don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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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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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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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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