If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
B.K.S. IYENGARMy Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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