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.
B.K.S. IYENGARWords cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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You 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.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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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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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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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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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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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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