Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IYENGARWithout education, confidence does not come.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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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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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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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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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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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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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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