Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga 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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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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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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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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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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