Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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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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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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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 I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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As 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.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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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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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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