Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe pose begins when you want to leave it.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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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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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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