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.
B.K.S. IYENGARFocus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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