Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
B.K.S. IYENGARAsanas 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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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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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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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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