Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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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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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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