There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
B.K.S. IYENGARHow can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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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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