Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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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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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Breath is the king of mind.
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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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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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