Action is movement with intelligence
B.K.S. IYENGARWords cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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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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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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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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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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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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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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