A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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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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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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