Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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.
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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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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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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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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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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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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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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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