I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
B.K.S. IYENGARLive before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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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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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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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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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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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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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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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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I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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