All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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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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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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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.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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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 need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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