The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
B.K.S. IYENGARWillpower 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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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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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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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