The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
B.K.S. IYENGARLife means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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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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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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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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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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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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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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