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.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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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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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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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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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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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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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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