Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
B.K.S. IYENGARAll of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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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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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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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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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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Be inspired but not proud.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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