Be inspired but not proud.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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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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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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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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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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