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. IYENGARWhen the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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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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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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