As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
B.K.S. IYENGAROur 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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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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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.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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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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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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