Approach each asana with freshness every day.
B.K.S. IYENGARAction is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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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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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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