As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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