It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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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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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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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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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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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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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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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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