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.
B.K.S. IYENGARMy Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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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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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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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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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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