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B.K.S. IYENGARIn whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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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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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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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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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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