The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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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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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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