My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Breath is the king of mind.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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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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