It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
B.K.S. IYENGARI always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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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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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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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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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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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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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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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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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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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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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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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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