Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
B.K.S. IYENGARHatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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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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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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