Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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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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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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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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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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