Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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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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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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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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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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