Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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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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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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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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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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