The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt 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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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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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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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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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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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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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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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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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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