Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGARTo be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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