A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
B.K.S. IYENGARYou have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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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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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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