Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
B.K.S. IYENGARDuring inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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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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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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