True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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