If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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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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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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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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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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