We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
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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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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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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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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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