Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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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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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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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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The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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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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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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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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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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